Jigjiga: Somali military soldiers taken to Addis Ababa

Hundreds of soldiers from the Somali military who were recently captured by Ethiopia while on leave in the Somali Regional State have been taken to the city of Addis Ababa.

These soldiers, numbering 220, had been held for some time at the Garab Case camp located in the city of Jigjiga and were transported yesterday by the Ethiopian military to the city of Addis Ababa.

This unit was part of a force that President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud had trained in August in the area of Xananbuure, which is located in the Galgaduud region of the Galmudug administration.

The Somali government has not commented on its soldiers captured by Ethiopia, while they were on leave in areas of the Somali Regional State.

Ethiopia believes that this unit was trained by the Egyptian government and that they were heading to the regions of the Jubaland administration, according to security officials from the Abiy Ahmed government.

The relationship between the federal government of Somalia and Ethiopia is currently strained, as the Abiy Ahmed administration recently claimed that President Hassan Sheikh had betrayed them by aligning with Egypt and Eritrea.