Ethiopia PM attacks UN on Somalia

Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has accused the UN of playing a damaging role in the Somali crisis.

“The situation there – as hard as it is – it could do with less hype and exaggeration,” he told the BBC.

It is nearly a year since Mr Meles sent troops to help Somalia’s government oust Islamists from much of Somalia.

The UN now says persistent fighting between insurgents and Ethiopian-backed forces in Mogadishu has created Africa’s worst humanitarian crisis.