🇸🇴🇪🇹⚡- Ethiopia's Armed Forces, ENDF, withdraw from one of the largest forward operating bases actively used to combat al-Shabaab in Somalia - Buur Hakaba.

Buur Hakaba's ENDF base will be handed over to the Somalian military, ending Ethiopia's 12-year control over the vital military installation. The withdrawal comes amid intensified al-Shabaab military operations in the region, however Addis Ababa claims African Union's Mission to Somalia (AUSSOM) funding strains.

Note, relations between Addis Ababa and Mogadishu in the past 12 months have seriously deteriorated.