Somali

Enmeshed in a bloody conflict in Somalia while amassing troops for a possible war with Eritrea, Ethiopia is imposing forced draft on civil servants to fight at a third front against separatists of Somali origin in the troubled area of Ogaden, reported The New York Times on Saturday, December 15. "Anybody who works for the government - teachers, doctors, clerks, administrators - has to join a militia," said Hassan Abdi Hees, a former head accountant in a government office.