Ethiopian Authorities to Create Buffer Zone Inside Somalia

[Deeq A.]

MOGADISHU, SOMALLIA — A local Somali official has welcomed a plan by Ethiopia's Somali state to create a buffer zone along the border inside Somalia to fight militant group al-Shabab. The plan was announced Thursday, a week after hundreds of Somali militants launched a cross-border attack that Ethiopian authorities say they repelled.

Source: Hiiraan Online