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Somali foes sign ceasefire deal in Djibouti
Sun 26 Oct 2008, 15:52 GMT
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Somalia's government signed a cease-fire agreement with some opposition figures Sunday, meeting a key demand by giving a date for the withdrawal of Ethiopian forces backing the interim administration.
More then 10,000 people have been killed and a million displaced in fighting since early last year, pitting President Abdullahi Yusuf's government and allied Ethiopian forces against Islamist rebels -- mainly the al Shabaab militia, listed by Washington as a terrorist group.
Islamist insurgents have stepped up their attacks on government and Ethiopian targets in recent months, vowing not to relent until Addis Ababa withdraws its soldiers from Somalia.
"Effective 26 October 2008, cease-fire observance has been announced. It will become effective 5 November 2008 ... starting 21 November 2008 the Ethiopian troops will relocate from areas of the cities of Beledweyn and Mogadishu," the agreement said.
"The second phase of the troop withdrawal shall be completed within 120 days," said the deal, signed in Djibouti by the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS) opposition.
