The TFG - recognised internationally as Somalia's government - is protected by Amisom.

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Some have expressed hope that there is still time to facilitate negotiations between the ICU and the displaced Transitional Federal Government (TFG).

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In late December, with US backing and support, Ethiopian forces invaded Somalia with forces from the recognized Somali Transitional Federal Government, (TFG).

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At the base, the new prime minister of Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) emerged from the back of an armoured truck, followed by a retinue of aides - one holding a large umbrella over his head.

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Although the Ethiopian army successfully ousted the ICU from power in less than a week, backed by massive military and financial assistance from Eritrea, as well as Egypt and Libya, the ICU has waged a brutal insurgency against the TFG and the Ethiopian military for the past year.

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Unwilling to accept a radical Islamist neighbor, Ethiopia is preparing to strike at the ICU, which would almost certainly lead Eritrea - the ICU's largest patron and Ethiopia's greatest enemy - to retaliate, in turn potentially drawing in Kenya and Sudan on the sides of the TFG and the ICU, respectively.

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