[dehai-news] allafrica.com: East Africa: Fighting Kills 20 in the Regional Administration of Somalia in Ethiopia


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From: Berhane Habtemariam (Berhane.Habtemariam@gmx.de)
Date: Fri Mar 06 2009 - 07:30:47 EST


East Africa: Fighting Kills 20 in the Regional Administration of Somalia in
Ethiopia

6 March 2009

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Dhagah - At least 20 soldiers have been killed and many others wounded after
heavy fighting between Ethiopian soldiers and ONLF rebels started in
Dhagah-buur region in the regional administration of Somalia in Ethiopia,
official said on Friday.

Hussein Nor, head of the information affairs of ONLF rebels who is Qatar
told Shabelle radio that the fighting started 4th February in Dhagax-buur
region and still continuing in the regional administration of Somalia in
Ethiopia and claimed that they killed 20 Ethiopian soldiers in the fighting
adding they captured the station of Ethiopian troops in the region.

Asked about the casualties of their side, he said that there were some
casualties but not more and asserted that they will continue the fighting
until they liberate the Ethiopian troops from the regional state of Somalia
in Ethiopia.

Reports from Dhagah-buur region say that the fighting is still continuing
and the rival forces are using heavy weapons which could be heard all
directions in the region.

In over the past weeks there has been fighting between ONLF rebels and
Ethiopian troops that killed number of soldiers from both rival forces in
the regional administration of Somalia and Ethiopia.

 

 

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