Somalia News: Ethiopia rejoins the war: "NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopia has (again) joined the fray in Somalia.
Many see Ethiopia's latest fight against Somalia's Al Shabaab as a resumption of a centuries-old struggle.
When I spoke to Somalia's Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohammed Ali in his fortified Mogadishu residence last month he dismissed any chat about "traditional enmity" between Christian Ethiopia and Muslim Somalia, countries which have long fought over the Ogaden region and much else.
Reuters' correspondent Barry Malone (@malonebarry) has a handy backgrounder on the prime minister's historical myopia, including the following:"
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