Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said regions ofSomaliacurrently controlled by Ethiopian forces will be handed over to troops fromBurundi,Kenya,DjiboutiandRwanda.
The first three countries have troops inSomaliaas part of the African Union
...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
peacekeeping force.Rwandadoes not currently have troops inSomalia.
Ethiopian troops moved into Somalia at the beginning of the year. Meles said the mission has accomplished "very good results" in fighting al-Shabaab
... Harakat ash-Shabaab al-Mujahidin aka the Mujahideen Youth Movement. It was originally the youth movement of the Islamic Courts, now pretty much all of what's left of it. They are aligned with al-Qaeda but operate more like the Afghan or Pakistani Taliban...
bad boys.
He did not provide a timeline for such a withdrawal and handover.
"The aim of our involvement was to aide the (Somali) transitional government and help weaken Shabaab bad boys. And it has been successful," Meles told the country's parliament.
Meles said Ethiopian forces have met little military resistance inSomalia, although al-Shabaab has claimed to have carried out several deadly attacks against the Ethiopian troops.
He also told parliament thatEthiopiawould not become involved in a war with archrivalEritrea. Last month Ethiopian troops moved into neighboringEritreaand attacked three military camps in response to bad boy attacks on tourists insideEthiopia.