On Wednesday, Ethiopian troops vacated their posts in Tiyeglow which was seized from Al-Shabab in August 2014. Murrey said the ENDF forces pulling out were deployed in Somalia through a “bilateral agreement” between the government of Somalia and Ethiopia. As Ethiopian troops moved out, Al-Shabab moved in and targeted people suspected of working with foreign troops. Hassan Barre Makaran, chairman of Moqokori, which was vacated by Ethiopian troops on September 15, said the troops did not tell him that they were leaving. In addition to the troops currently being withrdrawan, another 4,400 Ethiopian troops were merged into AMISOM in January 2014.

Source: Ethiopian News October 27, 2016 15:59 UTC