The Ethiopian government recently shelved plans to pipe natural gas from the Ogaden Basin to Djibouti because of financial ...

The Ogaden is a hot and unforgiving landscape populated almost entirely by ethnically Somali pastoralists; it takes up a large swath of the Somali region of eastern Ethiopia.

Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) fighters gather in Mogadishu, Somalia, to show their readiness to fight Ethiopia during a ceremony in August 2006 [File: AFP] Intense rebel war.

The Ogaden Crisis . In 1973, Ethiopia, under Emperor Haile Selaisse (pictured above), represented a stalwart American regional partner. Ethiopia hosted a major U.S. military and communications ...

Ogaden’s recent history is also clouded by conflict that has killed thousands. Ceded to Ethiopia by the British in 1954, Ogaden has twice been fought over with Somalia, which claims the region ...

Showtime112. F-5E vs MiG-21: Their First Clash, Ogaden War 1977. Posted: April 30, 2025 | Last updated: April 30, 2025. In July 1977, Somalia launched a war against Ethiopia with the objective of ...

The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) is accusing the Ethiopian government of committing genocide against the people of the Ogaden region. The group said it would not relent in its effort to ...

The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF), claim the people of the region want self-determination from Ethiopia, a right they have been fighting for since their formation in 1984.

The Ogaden regional president claims, they “peddle lies and propaganda from our enemies”. However, if the Ethiopian government has nothing to hide, ...

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed says his administration has been keeping a tight lid on Ethiopia’s natural gas production prospects ...

Harrowing testimony of shooting, hanging, beating and rape — dismissed as rebel propaganda by the Ethiopian government — has been repeated by Ogaden refugees trickling into different parts of ...