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1. Al-Shabab Accuses ONLF of Aiding Islamist Rival in Somalia November 17, 2009 The spokesman for Somalia's militant al-Shabab group in Kismayo says members of the Ethiopia-based rebel group, Ogaden National Liberation Front, are fighting alongside one of the factions of al-Shabab's former Islamist ally, Hizbul Islam, in the south of the country. The accusation runs counter to Ethiopia's claim that the ONLF has ties to al-Shabab.  Al-Shabaab fighters on patrol in Mogadishu (File)Al-Shabab's spokesman for the Jubba regions, Hassan Yacqub, spoke to local reporters late Monday, following a day of heavy fighting between the militant group and forces led by Islamist lea... (read more)

2. Ogaden Rebels say 626 Ethiopian Troops Killed in Clashes November 16, 2009 A rebel group in Ethiopia's restive Ogaden region says it has killed 626 government troops in heavy fighting near the border with neighboring Somalia. The government has dismissed the claim as 'a complete fabrication'.A communiqué sent to news agencies by e-mail says a multi-front offensive launched by the Ogaden National Liberation Front November 10th is still in progress. The communiqué, believed to be sent from ONLF offices in Europe, says 626 Ethiopian troops have died, and the statement says the battlefields are littered with bodies of soldiers.It describes ONLF casualties... (read more)

3. Ogaden: Reason to Issue ICC Arrest Warrant against Criminal Gangster Meles Zenawi September 12, 2009 http://www.yoursgoogleincome.com http://www.freeearningtip.com ">Ogaden: Reason to Issue ICC Arrest Warrant against Criminal Gangster Meles Zenawi Both countries are fake; they are the result of colonial expansion. Sudan emerged as AngloEgyptian Sudan, and then through what is called 'decolonization' which is the latter phase of the colonization appeared as a supposedly independent country, whereas Abyssinia expanded over no less than 12 African, Kushitic or Nilo Saharan nations, invading their lands, killing their kings and leaders, expro... (read more) Author: pardeep bhakar

4. Abyssinian Puppet Riyaale's Targets Exposed by Somali Patriots September 06, 2009 Destroy the education of a country, and you destroy the country. The statement is valid allover the world. If applied in the breakaway state of Somaliland, which serves the evil Amhara and Tigray Monophysitic Abyssinian plans of extermination of the Somali Nation, the statement looks like … governmental policy of the unrecognized pseudo-state’s educational institutions and the ‘Ministry of Education’. Somalis in Awdal, Ogaden, Abgal or any other place are a highly cultured, open-minded nation with a great youth which is eager for study, knowledge, and science. In brief, like the Oromos, ... (read more) Author: imran ansari

5. Abyssinian Puppet Riyaale's Targets Exposed by Somali Patriots September 01, 2009 Destroy the education of a country, and you destroy the country. The statement is valid allover the world. If applied in the breakaway state of Somaliland, which serves the evil Amhara and Tigray Monophysitic Abyssinian plans of extermination of the Somali Nation, the statement looks like … governmental policy of the unrecognized pseudo-state’s educational institutions and the ‘Ministry of Education’. Somalis in Awdal, Ogaden, Abgal or any other place are a highly cultured, open-minded nation with a great youth which is eager for study, knowledge, and science. In brief, like the Oromos, ... (read more) Author: imran ansari

6. Ogaden Rebels Counter 'Crisis' Claims by Ethiopia April 08, 2009 Rebels fighting for independence in Ethiopia's Ogaden region say they are stronger than ever, a day after the government said the insurgency is in tatters.A statement e-mailed to news organizations Wednesday says the operational capacity of the rebel Ogaden National Liberation Front is higher than at any point since its anti-Ethiopia insurgency began.The e-mail, apparently sent from ONLF offices in Europe, says rebels in the arid stretch of eastern Ethiopia along the Somalia border have defeated every major Ethiopian military campaign in the past two years.The statement was in response to comm... (read more)

7. US Denies Silence on Rights Abuses in Ethiopia June 12, 2008 The United States said Thursday it has "persistently" expressed concern about human rights in Ethiopia with top officials in Addis Ababa, including alleged abuses in the Ogaden region. The comments follow an assertion by the monitoring group Human Rights Watch that the United States and key European countries have been silent on Ogaden rights violations. VOA's David Gollust reports from the State Department. The State Department says it is giving the Human Rights Watch report on the Ogaden careful study but it is rejecting out-of-hand the report's assertion of U.S. silence on Ethiopian human r... (read more)

8. Ethiopia Detains US, European Citizens in Ogaden January 18, 2008 Ethiopia says it has detained some American and European citizens on suspicion of terrorist activities in the restive Southeastern region known as the Ogaden. VOA's Peter Heinlein has details from the Southeastern Ethiopian town of Gode. The leader of Ethiopia's Somali region, also known as the Ogaden, told visiting international journalists that his government is holding an unspecified number of American and European passport holders. Regional President Abdullahi Hassan did not say when they were detained. He said they were being held at a camp near the Eastern Ethiopian city of Gigia. He sai... (read more)

9. US Sends Humanitarian Team to Ethiopia's Ogaden Region January 04, 2008 The United States says it has sent a team to assess humanitarian needs in Ethiopia's Ogaden region, where government troops have been battling rebels. A statement from the U.S. embassy Thursday says the technical experts will examine health, nutrition, food security, water and sanitation conditions in the eastern region. It said the team will provide an impartial evaluation of the situation and facilitate appropriate responses. The United States increased its aid to Ogaden in November, to about $45 million, because of concerns that many people in the region do not have access to basic necessit... (read more)

10. Ethiopian Govt Denies Rebel Attack Killing 140 Soldiers October 21, 2007 An Ethiopian government spokesman denies that a reported rebel attack said to have killed 140 soldiers ever took place. The spokesman, Zemedkun Tekle, issued the denial Sunday after media reports said the Ogaden National Liberation Front had claimed to have carried out the deadly attack Saturday in southeastern Ethiopia near Wardheer. A purported statement from the group received by some news organizations said about a thousand rebels took part in the attack and seized ammunition along with military hardware. The government spokesman says there was no attack, and that the rebel group is not in... (read more)

11. UN Warns of Humanitarian Crisis in Ethiopia's Ogaden Region September 20, 2007 The United Nations says the humanitarian situation is deteriorating in the volatile Ogaden region of Ethiopia. The world body has also called for an independent investigation into reports of human rights violations there.  From U.N. headquarters in New York, VOA's Margaret Besheer has more. The United Nations warns that humanitarian conditions have substantially deteriorated in conflict areas of the predominantly ethnic Somali region of Ethiopia, where the military and rebels have been clashing. U.N. spokeswoman Michele Montas told reporters Thursday that a recent mission to the area fo... (read more)

12. US Official Urges Greater African Involvement in Somalia Peace Efforts September 09, 2007 Washington's top diplomat on African issues says regional leaders must do more to ease simmering tensions in the Horn of Africa. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer made the comment after leading a team of senior U.S. officials on a tour of Ethiopia's tense Ogaden region bordering Somalia. VOA's Peter Heinlein reports from the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. Assistant Secretary Frazer held talks in Addis Saturday with Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and African Union chairman Alpha Omar Konare. A day earlier she and President Bush's Special Assistant for Afri... (read more)

13. Human Rights Group Seeks Accounting of Ethiopian Food Aid August 27, 2007 An Ethiopian human rights group is demanding that the United States and other international donors monitor the food and financial aid they give to Ethiopia for its impoverished Ogaden region. As Nick Wadhams reports from Nairobi, activists say the government has blocked food aid to the Ogaden as it tries to quash a local rebel group. The Ogaden Human Rights Committee says Ethiopia's government has sparked a humanitarian crisis in the Ogaden and is asking nations from around the world to contribute aid. But it says they must make sure the donations get to the people who need them most. Last wee... (read more)

14. Ogaden's Plight - The Most Crippling Problems That Faces The Ogaden August 22, 2007 The developed countries in this world are traveling to the moon and back, breaking new boundaries in science and surpassing economic growth that can only be dreamt of. Then why is the Ogaden, and for that matter Africa, still crawling in the mud? Historically, Africa has been robbed of its people by slavery and robbed of its natural resources in the time of the so called “Scramble for Africa” which is known to us as the African Colonisation (19th century). So Africa was initially crippled. However, some countries fared better than others. Ethiopia was the only country not to be colonised ... (read more) Author: Tom Keatsing

15. Ethiopia Focuses on Oil Deals Despite Resistance From Rebels August 10, 2007 The minister for Mining and Energy in Ethiopia says the recent oil deals signed with international companies for exploration and mining across the country will bring much needed development to the poor East African country, despite opposition. Arjun Kohli has more on the story from our East Africa Bureau in Nairobi. Petroleum exploration is currently under way in the regions of Gambella, Ogaden, Southern Rift and Abay Basin.  The Minister for Energy and Mining, Alemayeu Tegenu signed a $1.9 million dollar deal with Malasian company Petronas last month to develop natural gas in the Ogaden... (read more)

16. Ethiopia Orders Red Cross to Leave Ogaden Region July 25, 2007 Ethiopian officials have ordered the Red Cross to leave the volatile Ogaden region, accusing the group of meddling in political affairs. Jama Ahmed, a vice president of the region, told reporters Tuesday that Red Cross workers have one week to leave the area.  Officials say the Red Cross workers have been talking to Ogaden rebels.  The Ethiopian government recently launched a crackdown on the Ogaden National Liberation Front, which has been fighting the government for more than a decade. Reuters news agency quotes one official as saying the Red Cross is still negotiating with the O... (read more)

17. Ethiopian Troops Clash with Somali-Based Rebels August 11, 2006 Ethiopia says its troops have engaged separatist rebels in the east of the country, killing 13 and capturing several senior commanders, after they crossed the border from Somalia. Ethiopia accuses both Eritrea and Islamic leaders in Somalia of fomenting civil unrest in Ethiopia. The Ethiopian government says the captured members of the Ogaden National Liberation Front have confessed to being both armed and trained by arch-enemy Eritrea and Islamists in Somalia. The rebels are ethnic Somalis, who have been fighting the Ethiopian government for autonomy in the Ogaden region for nearly 15 years.... (read more)

18. Violence in Ethiopia's East Draws Attention to Somalis' Plight July 27, 2005 Terrorist attacks in eastern Ethiopia this week have drawn attention to the plight of ethnic Somalis living in Ethiopia's Ogaden region, where opposition groups have accused Ethiopia's government of massive human rights abuses over the last decade, including hundreds of killings and disappearances. So far, no one has claimed responsibility for a series of grenade attacks that killed five people and injured 31 others Sunday in the eastern Ethiopian town of Jijiga. Authorities there say the violence was politically motivated, coming just two weeks before voters in the region cast their ballots... (read more) Author: Raymond Thibodeaux

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