Mount Elgon insurgency | |||||||
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Mount Elgon |
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Belligerents | |||||||
Sabaot Land Defence Force | Military of Kenya | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
~600 killed 46,000 displaced |
The Mount Elgon insurgency was a conflict that started in 2005 when the Sabaot Land Defence Force militia revolted in the Mount Elgon area, Western Kenya.
Reportedly, local church elders know of 200 people who have gone missing since being arrested; about 1500 have been formally charged.