Posted AT 8:30 PM EDT on 11/03/08
Somalia's message to the world: Get Ethiopia off our back
AFYARE ABDI ELMI
Special to Globe and Mail Update
President George Bush recently visited five African countries Ghana, Liberia, Tanzania, Benin and Rwanda and sent his Secretary of State to Kenya to try to end the political crisis there. But when it comes to Somalia, the Bush administration is not only silent but openly supports Ethiopia's occupation. The situation there is now far worse than it was in December of 2006, before Addis Ababa's invasion.
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