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Ethiopia Plays Decisive Role in Somalia Conflict

by Gwen Thompkins, NPR
December 28, 2006

In Somalia, Islamist fighters are retreating from the capital city of Mogadishu. Over the past several days, Ethiopian forces backed a campaign to halt the Islamists' drive to unseat Somalia's U.N.-backed government. Ethiopia's involvement in the conflict is receiving largely positive reviews on the streets of its capital, Addis Ababa.

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