Woyanne fascist regime’s head of the its invading army, General Gabre Yohannes Abate, known as “The Butcher of Mogadishu.” This monster has slaughtered 16,000 Somali civilians in the past 2 years, and made 2 million Somalis homeless. His troops beheaded religious clerics, gang raped Somali women, and engaged in numerous other unspeakable crimes against the people of Somalia.

MOGADISHU (AFP) — Ethiopian Woyanne troops abandoned two bases Monday night in the Yakshid district in the north of Mogadishu, according to local residents who flocked in their hundreds to see the empty camps.

Moderate Islamists who signed a deal with the transitional government immediately sent their forces into the area to ensure security in the capital.

“The Ethiopian Woyanne forces withdrew from key positions in northern Mogadishu overnight and our fighters took control of the areas in order to avoid a power vacuum,” added Sheikh Hassan Osman, an Islamist official.

Ethiopia Woyanne began withdrawing its forces from its war-wracked Horn of Africa neighbour at the beginning of January, pledging not to leave a security vacuum, but Tuesday’s was the first withdrawal from the vulnerable capital itself.

The Shebab have recently retaken much of the territory lost when Ethiopia Woyanne intervened in 2006 to bolster the weak transitional government.

The AU force is expected to eventually number 8,000 soldiers but currently comprises only 3,400 troops from Uganda and Burundi.

Farah Abdi Warsame, a resident said: “It is a happy day today to see the area for the first time in two years without the Ethiopian Woyanne forces. We hope the rest will leave the country.”

The United Nations top envoy to Somalia Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah urged hardline Islamists who had pegged their participitation in peace talks on the Ethiopian Woyanne withdrawal to end the fighting.

“Today the Ethiopians Woyannes have respected their commitment,” Ould-Abdallah said in a statement. [Liar. Woyannes fled with their tails between their legs.]

“The ball is now in the court of the Somalis, particularly those who said they were only fighting against the Ethiopian forces, to stop the senseless killings and violence.”

“Today Somalia needs and deserves an effective and representative government with wide-ranging participation, particularly from the new generation of young men and women who are not tainted by past violence, corruption or excessive clan loyalties,” said Ould-Abdallah.

Moderate Islamists had signed a deal with the transitional government for a gradual withdrawal of Ethiopian troops, a power-sharing and a ceasefire agreement under UN-mediated talks.

Clashes have continued between the hardline Shebab and government forces, who have a tenuous control of only the capital and the central town of Baidoa which hosts the parliament.

On Monday, at least 10 civilians died in and several wounded in clashes between government forces and rebels in Mogadishu.