An Islamist militia has executed a Somali politician who they accused of betraying his religion by working with non-Muslim Ethiopian forces.
Abdirahman Ahmed, who was shot dead last Thursday, was also accused of spying for Ethiopian forces. He is believed to be the first politician executed by the Islamists.
At the same time, Ethiopian forces were pulling out of Somalia, two years after they intervened to try to oust Islamists from the capital Mogadishu. Their mission to prop up the interim government is widely regarded as a failure as various Islamist groups have recently advanced and once again control much of the country.
In Mogadishu, thousands of people gathered at the football stadium, a former Ethiopian base, to celebrate the withdrawal of Ethiopian forces.
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