11/04/08 (B442) Les leaders des tribus somaliennes ont appelé à une réunion de crise, pour demander au P.M. de mettre fin au désastre humanitaire et pour évoquer le départ des troupes éthiopiennes. Crisis meeting called in Somalia (En Anglais – Info lecteur)

The Somali tribal leaders have called a crisis meeting, urging the prime minister to end the humanitarian disaster in the African nation.

The meeting was called to discuss fears about the deployment of over 9,000 Ethiopian soldiers near the capital, Mogadishu that forced Somalis to flee their homes and take refuge outside the city, a Press TV correspondent reported on Thursday.

The tribal leaders urged the country’s Prime Minister, Nur Hassan Hussein, to order the Ethiopian troops’ dismissal from the country in order to help save the lives of innocent civilians.

Heavy clashes are expected to erupt between Ethiopian troops and the rebel fighters in the area between Mogadishu and Afgoye, 250 Km (155 miles) from the Capital, where thousands of displaced people are taking refugee.

Somalia has plunged into bloody violence since the fall of its former president Mohamed Siad Barre in January 1991.