Ethiopian-trained troops to stabilize the country

The president of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia [TFG], Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmad, has for the first time spoken about the Ethiopia-trained Somali soldiers who have been arriving in the country.He said the soldiers were part of the Somali army and would play a role in stabilizing the country .The president made the statement in a speech to Puntland parliament, in which he spoke about various issues. The president is currently on visit to Puntland.
“They will be assigned to secure Mogadishu and the other important areas of the country” Yusuf said as he was speaking at his homeland town of Bosaso, Puntland semiautonomous.
The president said that TFG was ready to open talks with all those who want peace, since it is a reconciliatory government.He urged residents of Puntland to prepare themselves for elections, amid reports of violence in some parts of Puntland.Yusuf’s remarks come as hundreds of Somali soldiers trained in Ethiopia have arrived in Somali capital Mogadishu as they were suddenly greeted with mortars by islamists as they moved to Heliwa hotspot area where heavy fighting ha suddenly erupted. Gunmen attacked an Ethiopian army base in Mogadishu later on sunday, setting off an intense hour-long firefight in one of Mogadishu's ramshackle neighborhoods. Ethiopian troops are backing Somalia's transitional government, and last month they helped rout out the Somali jehadist that had controlled much of the country.

“The Newly Trained Troops Should be Paid” Says the Speaker of the Somali

Parliament

Baidoa,somalia-The Somali parliamentarians have recently unanimously approved in one voice that the newly trained Somali police force should stay and manage the security of Baidoa town the current base of the Somali transitional federal government. The speaker of the Somali assembly sheikh Adan Mohamed Noor (Madobe) flanked some members of the Somali parliament addressed this police force yesterday evening in the fringes of Baidoa town.
The speaker Mr. Madobe encouraged these force numbering 1500 to maintain the security of the region and informed them they can be dispatched to any other place in Somali and have to sustain the security of Somalia as one. The speaker and the minister of land and air transportation Mr. Mohamed Ibrahim Habsade have specifically requested from these police force to whole heartedly maintain the security of the town. Some of the other mentionable dignitaries include the police commander of Bay region and some other top police officers.
So far these soldiers have not fully operated in the twon though some of them could be seen strolling in some parts of the town.