
Ethiopia deploys 2,500 troops under new AU mission to fight al-Shabab
The African Union and the Somali federal government have authorized the deployment of 2,500 Ethiopian troops to join a new peacekeeping force in Somalia to bolster the fight against the militant group Al-Shabaab. The troops will serve under the African Union Support Mission in Somalia [AUSSOM], officially launched in January and will operate until the end of…