Rhamu Incident

Rhamu Incident
Part of Ogaden War
Date 29 June 1977 Location Northern Frontier District, Kenya Result Somali army successfully crossed into the Sidamo Region of Ethiopia
Belligerents
Kenyan military, Kenyan Police	Somali National Army, WSLF
Strength
Unknown	1500
Casualties and losses
30 soldiers and police officers killed.	Unknown (minor)

The Rhamu Incident, 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.^[1] The Somali army did not stay as the objective of their mission was to invade Ethiopia from a different side through Kenya. 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.

References

1. Pg 86 - Husein Dualleh - From Barre to Aideed: Somalia : the agony of a nation