December 24, 2006 (Sunday)
- United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan warns of "troubling developments" in Burundi that could lead to violence. (allAfrica)
- Ethiopian intervention in Somalia:
- Ethiopia has confirmed that its troops have invaded and are fighting Islamic militiamen that control much of Somalia. (BBC)
- Ethiopian aircraft have dropped bombs and fired missiles on several towns in Somalia in what a government spokesman described as a "counter-attack" against the Islamic Courts Union. (Aljazeera)