Somali Islamists tell Ethiopia to leave or face war
Somalia’s Islamist movement warned arch-foe Ethiopia on Tuesday to withdraw troops from the Horn of Africa nation within a week or face war. The Islamists, who dominate most of the south, say Ethiopia has at least 30,000 troops in Somalia near the provincial town of Baidoa, where an internationally recognised interim government is based. Ethiopia, the West and the United Nations back the government, but its power does not extend beyond town. Full Story