Quote Originally Posted by davidbfpo View Post
I wonder if internal issues have affected this exit from a town in Somalia? See:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-37616973
Have discussed Ethiopian withdrawal from Somalia with several sources that made the project Wings over Ogaden possible.

They say: this has nothing to do with internal affairs in Ethiopia - but with costs of this enterprise.

They compare the situation with what happened back in 2007, when Ethiopia moved in in order to help the UN, but then nobody helped Ethiopia.

The force withdrawn was the Ethiopian contingent operating outside AMISOM's command, and sponsored by Ethiopian defence budget. Original plan was for this force to hold the specific zone until AMISOM would take over. But, there was simply no reaction - neither from the UN, i.e. AMISOM, nor from regular Somali forces.

Fed up of waiting, Ethiopians withdrew on their own. The AMISOM eventually moved in, but only after ash-Shabaab took over some of places.