The Ethiopian army on Wednesday "thwarted" an attack by Somali Islamist Shebab fighters against a border town between the two countries, the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry said. "Ethiopia today successfully thwarted an attempted attack by the terrorist group al-Shabaab against the locality of Dolo, on the Ethiopia-Somalia border", briefly indicates the ministry on Twitter. The Ethiopian government does not specify which target was targeted or on which side of the border the attackers were neutralized. The Shebab had attacked in the summer of 2022 several Ethiopian military camps on the border between the two countries. The Ethiopian army provides a contingent to the African Union force in Somalia (Atmis) which supports the Somali government against Shebab.

Source: Ethiopian News June 08, 2023 09:53 UTC