Ethiopia Begins Pullout From Somalia


NEWS  —  Somalia:   Ethiopia Begins Pullout
Shabelle Media Network (Mogadishu)
2 January 2009

A convoy of trucks loaded with Ethiopian soldiers, mattresses and other equipment left Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Friday, witnesses said. [read more]

NEWS  —  Somalia:   Top UN Envoy Speaks Out Against Killings of Prominent Somalis
UN News Service (New York)
2 January 2009

Denouncing the recent killings of several prominent Somalis, the top United Nations envoy to Somalia today called for an end to impunity and "lawlessness" in the strife-torn Horn of Africa nation. [read more]

NEWS  —  Somalia:   Eight Die as Insurgents Attack Peacekeepers
Garowe Online (Garowe)
1 January 2009

At least 8 people died Thursday in Somalia's violent capital, Mogadishu, after Islamist insurgents attacked African Union peacekeepers, Radio Garowe reports. [read more]

NEWS  —  Somalia:   PM Defends Ethiopia Army Security Operation in Mogadishu
Garowe Online (Garowe)
1 January 2009

SANA'Somalia's interim Prime Minister Nur "Adde" Hassan Hussein has defended an ongoing security operation led by Ethiopian troops in Mogadishu, Radio Garowe reports. [read more]

NEWS  —  Somalia:   Heavy Explosion Kills Ethiopian Soldiers
Shabelle Media Network (Mogadishu)
2 January 2009

At least two Ethiopian soldiers have been killed after heavy landmine explosion targeted to the Ethiopian troops occurred at around Three Biano building near Maka Al-mukarama street in the Somali ... [read more]

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Author: yabin762002
Sun Jan 4 09:28:54 2009

There is no formular to solve the muddy situation in Somalis crisis. How to get the military authority abide by the international regulations, seems unexpected. The U.N.envoys should seek some other effetive ways, to alert their African counterparts, about the damage possiblely caused by their ignorance.





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