The withdrawal of Ethiopian troops from Somalia by the end of 2024

, Ethiopian soldiers entered Somalia in 2011 with the aim of fighting the Al-Shabaab terrorist group. At that time, Ethiopia pledged to remain in the country until Somalia adopts a new constitution and is able to deal with rebel groups, and fight against the Al-Shabaab terrorist group alongside Kenyan forces and the African Union. p dir=”RTL” style=”text-align:right”>Now 12 years have passed since the adoption of the new constitution of Somalia, and during the last few years, the army, with the help of the armed men of the tribes of this country, cleared large parts of Somalia from the control of the Al-Shabaab group. and this is while the African Union forces will leave Somalia by the end of this year and the army will take over the security of this country in cooperation with its internal allies.

“Hussein Moalem”, the national security adviser of the President of Somalia, said: “All Ethiopian soldiers will leave Somalia by the end of December 2024.

According to the Mogadishu edition of the Mogadishu New Somali newspaper, Hossein Moalem emphasized: “Ethiopian soldiers have never been part of the African Union forces so that they want to remain in Somalia after the end of their mission.” /p>

The African Union-affiliated forces include 20,000 soldiers and policemen from Uganda, Burundi, Djibouti, Ethiopia and Kenya, which are more than 2,000 people so far. of them have left the land of Somalia.

Ethiopian government reached an agreement in December 1402 with the authorities of the region known as Somaliland, which wants to separate from Somalia, in exchange for In recognition of this area, a 20-kilometer passage should be allocated for Ethiopia’s access to the Red Sea for 50 years, and Ethiopia would establish a military base there.

Following the signing of this agreement, relations between Mogadishu and Addis Ababa became very dark, so that the Somali government expelled the Ethiopian ambassador in Mogadishu in late April last month and ordered the country’s consulate in the autonomous regions of Somaliland (North ) and Puntland (east coast of the Gulf of Aden) should be closed. and called the region under their rule Somaliland (Somali land), but no country in the world has recognized Somaliland, and only an autonomous region of Somalia is recognized at the international level.

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