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Suftu, an Ethiopian town where Kenyans go to unwind

Rafts in River Daua along the Kenya-Ethiopia border

Rafts in River Daua along the Kenya-Ethiopia border on July 24. Kenyans throng Suftu over the weekends to unwind at lower cost than in Mandera town.

Photo credit: Manase Otsialo | Nation Media Group

About one and a half kilometres from the Kenya-Ethiopia border in Mandera town lies Suftu, a town known more among Kenyans than Ethiopians.

Ask anyone in Mandera about this town and her story will be narrated to you without hesitation.