Submit your press releases, analyses, or news here . Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Rep. Chad Congo Rep. Cote d'Ivoire DR Congo Djibouti Egypt Equat. Kenyans residing in the shores of Lake Victoria on Sunday witnessed the other side of starving baboons. Not less than 100 of them, who were pushed out of the Ruga game reserve by a ravaging drought, have gone on rampage in a village on the shores of the Lake.
Reports say that the animals, who are apparently famished, destroyed crops and property.
The baboons, who had escaped from the nearby game reserve, raided the Suna sub-location of the larger Migori district. They also raided households in search of chickens. Omolio Ondetto, the local administrator of the game reserve, said that the apes left a trail of havoc after jumping over the wire fence around the reserve in search of food and water. He requested the local police to flush out and shoot the baboons. Since early March Kenya has been hit by severe drought.