ETHIOPIAN (AMISOM) WITHDRAWALS & UPCOMING LONDON CONFERENCE

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Ethiopian troops reportedly withdrew from three areas in central Somalia, including Ceelbuur, Dhusamareeb, and El-lahelay.

Last October, Ethiopia made similar withdrawals citing “lack of support” from the international community for its Somalia operations, while some attributed it to the need to discuss ongoing strife inside Ethiopia.



Somalia expert Abukar Arman has noted that in the past Ethiopia has executed withdrawals from Somalia ahead of an annual London conference for Somalia in order to extract funds from the international community.

Notably, the next London Conference on Somalia is one month away on the 11th of May 2017.

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I heard al shabaab took ceelbuur after Ethiopia left

But i think Ethiopia came back to ceelbur .