Ethiopian troops as part of the AUSSOM operation have withdrawn from the town of Burhakaba after nearly 12 years, with security in the town handed over to Somali forces.
Human Rights Watch says Tigrayan authorities in Ethiopia have forcibly recruited civilians, including boys as young as 15, since April 2026, abducting men from homes, streets and gold mines amid rising tension with Addis Ababa
Airstrikes in southern Somalia have killed at least 30 al-Shabaab fighters who were preparing an offensive inside Ethiopia, security officials said Monday.
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Kenyan opposition politician Farah Maalim has accused Ethiopia of meddling in Somalia’s internal affairs for three decades, alleging a coordinated alliance involving Al-Shabaab, Western intelligence, the UAE, and “sellout Somalis” working to maintain Somalia’s failed state status.
Donald Trump has offered renewed U.S. mediation over Ethiopia’s GERD dispute with Egypt and Sudan, proposing drought safeguards and energy cooperation as tensions rise over Nile water security.
Ethiopia’s intelligence chief paid an unannounced visit to Mogadishu, delivering a message from Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as regional tensions rise over Somaliland and wider Horn of Africa security.
