
Witnesses: Ethiopian troops invade Somalia:
Hundreds of troops in military trucks entered three villages west of the town of Beledweyne, witnesses said. The Ethiopian troops arrived in the area in late Saturday afternoon, carried out searches and detained several people they suspected of having links with Islamist fighters. Ref. Source 9
Somalia: How Colonial Powers drove a Country into Chaos:
Somalia could have been a great power in the region. But the reality is completely different: famine, wars, lootings, piracy, bomb attacks. How did this country sink? Why has there been no Somali government for approximately twenty years? Ref. Source 6
Somali politicians announced the creation of a new state in the nation called Azania. It was condemned by Somalia's government, which said it could further fracture the country.
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