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The Rhamu Incident, also known as Battle of Rhamu on the 29 June 1977, was a brief armed conflict between Kenya and Somalia, in which the latter invaded the Northern Frontier District on the eve of the Ogaden War. A force of 1500 Somali soldiers attacked a border post, and killed 30 Kenyan police officers and soldiers. The Somali army did not stay as the objective of their mission was to invade Ethiopian troops from a different side inside Ethiopia through Kenya, for an easy offensive rear attacks to backstab the Ethiopian army. Rhamu, situated on the Ethiopian-Kenyan border, lay on the road to the Sidamo region, and was considered a strategic point of entrance. The Somali government denied the invasion, and claimed to have no knowledge of the incident.

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  • The Rhamu Incident, also known as Battle of Rhamu on the 29 June 1977, was a brief armed conflict between Kenya and Somalia, in which the latter invaded the Northern Frontier District on the eve of the Ogaden War. A force of 1500 Somali soldiers attacked a border post, and killed 30 Kenyan police officers and soldiers. The Somali army did not stay as the objective of their mission was to invade Ethiopian troops from a different side inside Ethiopia through Kenya, for an easy offensive rear attacks to backstab the Ethiopian army. Rhamu, situated on the Ethiopian-Kenyan border, lay on the road to the Sidamo region, and was considered a strategic point of entrance. The Somali government denied the invasion, and claimed to have no knowledge of the incident. (en)
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  • Somali National Army, WSLF (en)
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  • The Rhamu Incident, also known as Battle of Rhamu on the 29 June 1977, was a brief armed conflict between Kenya and Somalia, in which the latter invaded the Northern Frontier District on the eve of the Ogaden War. A force of 1500 Somali soldiers attacked a border post, and killed 30 Kenyan police officers and soldiers. The Somali army did not stay as the objective of their mission was to invade Ethiopian troops from a different side inside Ethiopia through Kenya, for an easy offensive rear attacks to backstab the Ethiopian army. Rhamu, situated on the Ethiopian-Kenyan border, lay on the road to the Sidamo region, and was considered a strategic point of entrance. The Somali government denied the invasion, and claimed to have no knowledge of the incident. (en)
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  • 30 soldiers and police officers killed.
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  • Kenyan military,Kenyan Police
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  • Somali victory
  • *Somali army successfully crossed into theSidamoRegion ofEthiopia
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