Somalia President Says Soldiers in Eritrea to Return Home This MonthSomalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said on Monday that soldiers training in Eritrea will begin returning home this month in an exercise expected to last until January. For months, rumors have swirled in Somalia that the soldiers may have been deployed to the war-torn Ethiopian region of Tigray. In late May, Farmajo said his government had sent around 5,000 soldiers to train in Eritrea. He said their training ended last year but he had decided to delay their return to avoid disrupting parliamentary and presidential elections. The federal government of Ethiopia and Tigrayan rebels last month signed a peace deal aimed at ending the brutal two-year conflict and humanitarian crisis in northern Ethiopia.

Source: Ethiopian News December 20, 2022 05:48 UTC