Scores of Ethiopian troops flee Somalia to Yemen: report - Africa Email RSS Talkback Africa News Scores of Ethiopian troops flee Somalia to Yemen: report Apr 17, 2007, 17:51 GMT Sana'a - Scores of Ethiopian army troops have arrived off the coast of Yemen onboard two boats belonging to smugglers after they fled fighting with Islamic insurgents in Somalia, a press report said on Tuesday. Some 89 Ethiopian soldiers arrived in the Arqa area in southern Yemen after crossing the Gulf of Aden from Bosaso city in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland in northeast Somalia, the al-Ayyam daily newspaper said in a report on its website. The paper said 49 Somali refugees were aboard the boats that carried the soldiers, who were wearing civilian clothes. An Ethiopian army officer was quoted as saying that he and his comrades had fled the ranks of Ethiopian troops in Somalia after a dramatic escalation in fierce fighting with Somali Islamic insurgents. 'I am a member of the Ethiopian army an...