Al Shabaab militants have recaptured three Somali towns since earlier this month, Ethiopian soldiers abandoned areas in the south-west of the country.

Ethiopia insists the pull out from Somalia is not connected to the domestic political problems where the country is in a state of emergency.

Addis Ababa’s Information Minister Getachew Read says the  international community also has a responsibility either to train or to support the Somali national army in whatever way they promised.

If this doesn’t happen and the Somali national army fails to discharge their responsibilities then al-Shabaab will  just move in.

Reda says Ethiopia  would help in any possible way to fill the vacuum created by its military withdrawal.

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