Ethiopia recalls general Gabre from Somalia

The commander of Ethiopian forces in Somalia has been called back to his country for his failure to bring peace to the war-torn nation. Ethiopia's government ordered General Gabre Heard as well as a colonel connected to the Ethiopian secret intelligence agency to return to the country for failing to perform their duties, The men have since been replaced by two new Ethiopian army commanders in what has been described as a discreet handing-over ceremony in Mogadishu. General Gabre had been accused , the killing and displacing of thousands of Somali civilians. But Gabre and the unnamed colonel were reportedly also called back because of their suspected involvement in financial scandals including the blackmailing of the Somali president, prime minister and various businessmen. Both men are thought to have gained large sums of wealth from the war in Somalia. Somalia has been without an effective central government since President Siad Barre was overthrown in 1991. In 2006, US-backed Ethiopian troops invaded the country in an attempt to back Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG). Thousands of civilians have been killed and displaced as a result of the continuous violence in the war-torn country.

Confidential sources close to the Somali President tell Garowe Online that Yusuf called Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and accused Gen. Gabre and Gen. Yohanis of "being part of the conspiracy" to oust Mohamed Dheere, who enjoyed Addis Ababa's support for years.ministers announced they quit the transitional government . [ READ: 10 Cabinet ministers resign in Somalia as govt row deepens]Somalia's interim government was established in 2004 as the 14th attempt by the international community to help restore national order in the Horn of Africa country after nearly 18 years of civil war.
In June, Prime Minister Nur Adde reached a UN-brokered peace agreement with an Islamist-led opposition movement that called for a ceasefire and provided a timetable for the Ethiopian army's withdrawal.
Government supporters fear that deepening rift between the President and the Prime Minister will weaken the transitional government and divide it into two rival factions.