MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Ethiopian and Somali troops captured a key Islamist militant stronghold in Somalia on Wednesday, as the rebels left their positions, a regional government official and residents said.
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Ethiopian troops take Somali town from al Shabaab
- 21 February 2012
MOGADISHU, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Ethiopian troops backed by tanks wrested control of a town in southern Somalia on Tuesday from the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab, officials said.
Addis Ababa sent troops into neighbouring Somalia in November as part of a wider campaign to crush al Shabaab rebels who control swathes of central and southern Somalia.
Ethiopian-Israelis rally against racism
- 10 January 2012
AFP - Kyriat Malachi - Roughly 2 000 Israelis of Ethiopian origin staged a rally against racism on Tuesday, seeking to highlight discrimination they face, notably when trying to find housing.
The protesters marched through the streets of Kyriat Malachi following a call by some of the town's residents to stop renting or selling accommodation to Ethiopian Jews.
Somali militants gather near town taken by Ethiopian forces
- 02 January 2012
AP, NAIROBI, Kenya — Militants from the insurgent group al-Shabab appeared to be gathering hundreds of fighters and attempting to recruit even more in villages outside a Somalia border town invaded by Ethiopian troops over the weekend, residents said Monday.
Hundreds of Ethiopian troops moved into the Somali town of Beledweyne on Saturday, opening a third front against al-Shabab militants, who also face Kenyan troops in Somalia's south and African Union troops in the capital, Mogadishu.
Ethiopia troops attack rebels in Somali town-residents
- 31 December 2011
MOGADISHU, Reuters - Ethiopian troops and clan militia fighters forced al Qaeda-linked militants to flee a Somali town after heavy clashes on Saturday, residents said.
Al Shabaab rebels were not immediately available to comment after the reports of the attack, but earlier said they had repelled three Ethiopian assaults north of the town.