Ethiopia starts Somalia pull-out

musika man · Post by **musika man** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 3:57 am

Ethiopian troops have started to leave the Somali capital, Mogadishu, four weeks after they crossed the border to help the government, officials say.
"Starting today we will withdraw our forces from Mogadishu," Ethiopia General Suem Hagoss said at a ceremony where warlords surrendered their arms.

Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has told the BBC the withdrawal would take place in three stages.

The African Union is trying to set up a peacekeeping force to replace Ethiopia.

But so far, only Uganda and Malawi have publicly said they would send troops to Somalia.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6289781.stm

Somaliman% · Post by **Somaliman%** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 5:57 am

they can go if they want. the government troops now control somalia.
and more to come from puntland.... Very Happy

Karbaash_killa · Post by **Karbaash_killa** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 9:16 am

They say they leave up the end of this month but its dependant of the African peacekeepers to arrive to do ethiopias job because TFG is still helpless.