Ethiopian Troops Man A Post In Mogadishu (Photo: AFP)Somali Insurgents Reject UN-Backed Ceasefire Deal -- AFP
MOGADISHU (AFP) — Somalia's radical insurgents on Monday vowed to fight on despite Addis Ababa's pledge to respect a UN-sponsored deal reached a day earlier that allows for a pullback of Ethiopian troops.
The Somali government and an Islamist opposition umbrella group on Sunday agreed to implement a dormant June ceasefire, paving the way for pro-government Ethiopian troops to pull back from the country.
"We have already rejected the (peace) conference and its agreements. We are now saying again that we will not accept them," said Mukhtar Robow, a spokesman for Shebab militants.
"We will continue fighting against the enemies of Allah," he told a press conference in Mogadishu.
The accord calls for Ethiopian troops to pull out of areas in Mogadishu and the central garrison town of Beledweyne by November 21, leaving them under the control of African Union troops in Somalia (AMISOM).
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