Experts say al-Shabaab, also fueled by instability under Somalia’s previous administration, is seizing the opportunity to expand its footprint and claim the killing of scores of Ethiopian security forces. The extremist group was never able to conduct major operations inside Ethiopia. Al-Shabaab has trained several thousand fighters for its Ethiopian “command”, mainly ethnic Somalis and Oromos inside Ethiopia, Brayden insisted. Al-Shabaab has long regarded Ethiopia as an enemy for its long military presence inside Somalia to counter fighters. On Tuesday, the country’s Somali regional president Mustafa Omar told a regional gathering that more than 600 al-Shabaab fighters had been killed.

Source: Ethiopian News August 05, 2022 13:05 UTC