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| Africa Horn |
| Extra Ethiopian forces settle close to Mogadishu |
| 2007-02-26 |
| (SomaliNet) Additional Ethiopian troops were reported to have stationed at the outskirt of Afgoie town some 30km west of the Somalia capital Mogadishu to enforce the interim government forces establish the security in Lower Shabelle region, sources say on Sunday. Around 3,500 troops armed with tanks and battle-wagons from Baidoa city, the provincial capital of Bay region in southwest Somalia reached the town yesterday and occupied the area of Afgoie, a farm land on the banks of the Shabelle river, one of the two rivers which run through the horn of African nation (Somalia). Hundreds of Somalia displaced people have been told to vacate the former government buildings for the Ethiopian soldiers. The arrival of the Ethiopian troops coincided with the largest exodus from Mogadishu to Afgoie town. The Ethiopian forces made their biggest base in the former Arbiska military camp near Afgoie town and they had told the IDPs living in the nearby former agricultural university compound to move away suddenly. The forces are due to establish the security in Afgoie town, which had seen insecurity situation for the past days. Some reports say that partly of the new Ethiopian forces will also arrive in the capital Mogadishu where violence is rampant. |
| Posted by:Fred |