ADDIS ABABA : Ethiopia announced on Friday that its troops will withdraw from Somalia by the end of 2008, ending an ill-fated two-year occupation but raising fears of a security vacuum in the war-ravaged country.
With unprepared African Union troops confined to some parts of Mogadishu and joint units not yet operational, a hasty pull-out would leave most of Somalia under the control of the Islamist group Shebab and its allies.
Ethiopian foreign ministry spokesman Wahide Belay said that the deadline for the pullout was announced in a letter sent on Tuesday …