A group of soldiers formerly loyal to the allied governments of Somalia and Ethiopia have reportedly switched sides and “surrendered” over to militants leading the insurgency, Radio Garowe reported Sunday.

Somali pirates are kidnapping ships not only in international waters and Somali waters, where US warships have anchored since 2001. The US navy, however, does not take any action to stop the pirates Somali officials said Sunday, a Press TV correspondent reported. More on ‘US allows piracy in Somali waters’

September 8, 2008: US counter-terrorism policies and support for the Ethiopian-backed Transitional Federal Government (TFG) in Somalia have helped create an increasingly desperate humanitarian and security situation in the horn of Africa nation, whose population has become increasingly radicalised and anti-US. More on US policy on Somalia likely to backfire