Cuba Removes 100 Troops From Ethiopia
The first group of 100 Cuban troops left Ethiopia on Friday following Havana’s announcement Thursday that it is removing all its remaining troops from the East African country, a Cuban diplomat said.
The diplomat said the troops left on a Cuban military transport and were seen off at Addis Ababa airport by Cuban Ambassador Antonio Perez Herrero and members of Cuba’s military mission.
He declined to say how many Cuban troops remain in Ethiopia but said the number is lower than the 3,000 widely reported in the media.
Cuban troops were sent to help the Marxist government in a war against Somalia. At the height of the fighting in 1978, Cuba had about 20,000 troops in Ethiopia.
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