Kenya's Big Headache Over Border With Ethiopia

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Kenya's Big Headache Over Border With Ethiopia

[Nation] Lack of adequate customs and border control offices along the Ethiopia-Kenya borders has continued to pose key challenges in preventing illicit trade and disrupting transnational smuggling operations.

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