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Somalia accused Ethiopian forces of a deadly attack on its troops in a border region on Monday, just days after the two countries signed an accord aimed at resolving months of tension.
The Somali foreign ministry said in a statement that Ethiopian troops had attacked its forces stationed at an airstrip in the border town of Doolow in Somalia’s Jubaland state around 10:00 am.
Troops of Sector 1 of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) have repelled a coordinated attack by members of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists on a military base in Darak, Cameroon, neutralizing 10 terrorists.
Lt.-Col. Olaniyi Osoba, Chief Military Information Officer, MNJTF Headquarters, N’Djamena, Chad, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday.
Clashes between M23 rebels and government-aligned militia in restive eastern Democratic Republic of Congo Sunday broke a fragile truce that had lasted several weeks, wounding 14 civilians, local sources said.
Local residents contacted by AFP in the troubled North Kivu region said that fighting broke out from 5:00 am (0300 GMT) between heavily armed M23 rebels and “Wazalendo” (“patriots” in Swahili) militias.
Recent clashes between the Ethiopian government forces and the Amhara-based Fano militia have intensified in the north-west region of Ethiopia, putting thousands of Sudanese refugees at severe risk, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Thursday, Anadolu Agency reports.
The violence, which has escalated since September, has further jeopardised the safety of refugees who fled the conflict in Sudan, the rights group said in a report.
Fifty-nine al-Shabaab terrorists and four soldiers were killed in two separate military operations in Somalia’s southern and central provinces, the country’s Information Ministry said on Tuesday, Anadolu Agency reports.
The Somali National Army (SNA) conducted military operations against al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Shabaab militants in the east of Galgaduud and Middle Shabelle regions, supported by local militias and international security forces, the Ministry said in a statement.