FACTBOX-Foreign military incursions in Somalia
Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Ethiopia is standing by to bolster forces in Somalia to stretch Islamist rebels targeted by a Kenyan military incursion. Here are details of foreign interventions in the anarchic Horn of Africa country over the last 20 years.
Reuters: Africa
Regional Summit Urges Ethiopia to Send Troops to Somalia
Photo: Reuters - Ethiopia's Prime Minister Meles Zenawi arrives at the 16th Extra
Ordinary Summit of IGAD Heads of state meeting on Somalia, in Addis Ababa, November 25, 2011
A Horn of Africa regional summit has given its blessing to the return of Ethiopian troops to Somalia, but the force will remain outside African Union command.