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Feb. 10 (VOA News) - The United States military command for Africa, known as AFRICOM, is offering enhanced support for African Union peace and security initiatives. The commander, General William Ward, hailed Ethiopia's decision to supply badly-needed helicopters to the joint AU/United Nations peacekeeping mission in Darfur.

The African Union (AU) announced that the Executive Council of the African Union will hold its Sixteenth Ordinary Session followed by its Executive Council Meeting. African leaders face many challenges from the technological divide to the increased military involvement of foreign powers such as China and the United States.

AFRICOM facilitates the United States advancing on the African continent, taking control of the Eurasian continent and proceeding to take the helm of the entire globe.

MOGADISHU June 12, 2009 (Reuters) - Heavily-armed Ethiopian soldiers crossed into central Somalia on Friday and entered a town controlled by a pro-government militia nearly 30 kms (19 miles) from the border, residents said.

May 19, 2009 (Al Jazeera) - Ethiopian troops have reportedly crossed the border into Somalia as fighting there intensifies between government forces and Islamist fighters, witnesses said.

MOSCOW January 29, 2009 (IPS) - Russia's state arms exporter, Rosoboronexport, plans to grow the volume of Russian armament and military equipment to Africa over the next four to five years. This comes on top of allegations that Russia is selling arms to smuggling and contraband rings, thereby contributing to conflict on the war-torn continent.

MOGADISHU January 15, 2009 (Reuters) - Ethiopian troops supporting Somalia's government withdrew completely from Mogadishu on Thursday, witnesses said, leaving a power vacuum in the capital that could lead to more bloodshed.

December 30, 2008 (Wired) - For several years the U.S. military has fought a covert war in Somalia, using gunships, drones and Special Forces to break up suspected terror networks -- and enlisting Ethiopia's aid in propping up a pro-U.S. "transitional" government. It's a relatively unknown front in the "war on terror," and one where the U.S. and its allies are losing ground, fast.

June 23, 2008 (Patrick Worsnip, Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council considered on Monday a plan to disband its peacekeeping mission to the volatile border between Eritrea and Ethiopia after Eritrea forced most of its troops to go home.