Ethiopia says army stopped attackers before they could ‘wreck havoc’ in the border town of Dollo.
Announcement comes a week after al-Shabab fighters stormed a base housing African Union peacekeepers in Somalia.
Since 2006, the al-Qaeda linked rebels have been trying to topple the Somalian government and establish sovereignty.
The AU mission is yet to confirm the number of casualties although al-Shabab claims to have killed 137 soldiers.
Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia and Djibouti are set to discuss a joint military offensive against the al-Qaeda affiliate.
A-Shabab armed group claims responsibility for deadly bombing and storming of a gov’t building in the Somali capital.
Kenya has suffered attacks for a decade as retribution for joining the peacekeeping force fighting al-Shabab in Somalia.
Government forces and allied clan militias recaptured the base from al-Shabab in October.
The government and allied clan militias have forced the rebels from swathes of territory, in the latest offensive.
Somalia President Mohamud urges citizens to help flush out members of the group he describes as ‘bedbugs’.
Al-Shabab is claiming responsibility for two car bombs in Hiraan after it was pushed out of the region.
The group continues to make cross-border raids to pressure Kenya to withdraw its forces from the AU mission in Somalia.
President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud joins Marc Lamont Hill to discuss his country’s security and humanitarian challenges.
The army and local clans, with US and AU support, have been waging a broader campaign to try and drive fighters out.
