Insurgency in Ogaden

Insurgency in Ogaden
A column of ONLF rebels, October 8, 2006. (Photo by Jonathan Alpeyrie)
Date 1995 - 2010 Location Ethiopian Somali region Status ONLF rebel leader killed, the organization broken off into small units, no military advantage. Conflict complete.
Belligerents
Ethiopia	File:ONLF flag.svg Ogaden National Liberation Front
Commanders and leaders
Meles Zenawi Kuma Demeksa Siraj Fergessa Negasso Gidada Girma Wolde-Giorgis Samora Yunis	File:ONLF flag.svg Mohamed Sirad Dolal  †
Casualties and losses
375-950 killed	500 killed
2,000 civilians killed

The insurgency in Ogaden, waged by the separatist Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) in Ethiopia's Somali region, began in 1995 and is ongoing. Originally an accepted political party, which contributed three Presidents of the Somali Region, after the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front expelled them from power, the ONLF began a guerilla war to promote their goals. For many years, the remoteness of the Somali Region led to the conflict being ignored by the international media, until several high-profile attacks in 2007: the attack on the Chinese oil site at Abole, and attacks in Jigjiga and Dhagahbur.

See also

• Ethiopian Civil War
• Red Terror (Ethiopia)
• Ogaden War
• War in Somalia (2006–2009)
• 2007–2008 Ethiopian crackdown in Ogaden

Further reading

• Ethiopia: Crackdown in East Punishes Civilians, Human Rights Watch, July 4, 2007.
• Ogaden Crackdown Carries High Cost, Inter Press Service News Agency, July 5, 2007
• Collective Punishment: War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity in the Ogaden area of Ethiopia’s Somali Region, Human Rights Watch, June 2008
• Gettleman, Jeffrey (2007-04-24). "Ethiopian Rebels Kill 70 at Chinese-Run Oil Field". The New York Times. Retrieved 2007-04-24.
• Ethiopia:Oil companies suspend operations, Garowe Online, Apr 28, 2007
• "Chinese workers freed in Ethiopia". BBC News, 29 April 2007. April 29, 2007. Retrieved January 5, 2010.
• "Collective Punishment: War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity in the Ogaden area of Ethiopia's Somali Region". Human Rights Watch.
• Ethiopia Ogaden crisis, Reuters AlertNet, 1st December, 2007.
• Sanders, Edmund. "Ethiopia war gets little attention," Los Angeles Times, March 23, 2008.
• "Somalia: Ethiopia Denies as Massacre Continues in Ogaden"
• Ethiopian Rebel Group Denies Support From Eritrea, VOA, April 25, 2007
• http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Africa_22/Somalia_Ethiopia_rebel_group_ONLF_splits_into_two_factions.shtml

External links

• Ogaden Today