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Somalia:
Ethiopian soldiers detain old man in Puntland
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Aug 25,
2006 Puntland authorities, accompanied
by Ethiopian soldiers, arrested an old man
on Thursday in Galkayo, the capital of Mudug
region in central Somalia.
Foore Abdi Ali was detained while trying to
make a phone call to relatives in the
Diaspora and reports said the old man was
taken to the outskirts of Galkayo, where
Ethiopian forces are based.
The reasons for old man Foore Abdi's arrest
are unknown. Both Puntland and Ethiopian
officials have not commented on the arrest.
Relatives of old man Foore Abdi have told
Garowe Online that he was not involved in
politics and that he had recently arrived
from Wardheer, a region in eastern Ethiopia.
Somali-speaking people predominantly inhabit
eastern Ethiopia's Ogaden region and
Ethiopian troops regularly engage Somali
rebels who have been fighting for
self-determination for decades.
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