Ethiopian fighter jets bombed Mogadishu International Airport in the middle of Somalia’s capital today.

Ethiopia is at war with the Islamists in neighbouring Somalia who want to rule according to the Koran, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said tonight.

Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi today said his country has completed its preparations for a potential attack by Islamic militants from neighbouring Somalia, who have declared a holy war on his country.

The leader of Somalia’s Islamic radicals today urged Ethiopians to revolt against their government, which he described as an oppressive regime led by an unpopular minority ethnic group.

Minister for Foreign Affairs Dermot Ahern met jailed Ethiopian opposition leaders today in an effort to resolve a political crisis triggered by a disputed election.

Members of a group listed by the US as a terrorist band are running the capital of Somalia, days after Islamic fighters wrested control of the city from warlords, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said today.

Ethiopian authorities said they have now freed more than 8,200 people who were seized after days of political unrest that claimed the lives of at least 46 people and rocked the nation.

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Residents of the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa stayed largely at home amid a fifth day of renewed protest over the results of May elections the opposition calls fraudulent. There were reports of more scattered gunfire and rioting in parts of the capital.

Clashes between police and protesters erupted in gunfire and grenade explosions today, with police killing at least 33 people during a second day of renewed demonstrations against Ethiopia’s disputed elections, a rights group said.

Britain has suspended a planned £20m (€30.1m) increase in aid to Ethiopia because of political unrest, International Development Secretary Hilary Benn said in Addis Ababa.

Several opposition politicians have been placed under house arrest in Ethiopia, EU election observers said today.

Ethiopian security forces opened fire today on stone-throwing protesters in the central business district, leaving at least 20 people dead, the independent Ethiopian Human Rights Council said.

Ethiopia’s main opposition coalition said today it will not accept election results for 84 seats that may hold the balance of power in the 547-strong parliament, increasing already high tensions as the nation awaits official results.

A PEACE plan aimed at resolving a border dispute between Ethiopia and Eritrea remains stalled.