A History Of The Ogaden Struggle

This Book made clear Why The Somali Ogaden struggle For self Determination. It comes a perfect time, specialy a time when The Ethiopian soldiers are blockading food to Ogaden and a time the world is concerned the Reported systematic human rights abuses being perpetrated by the Ethiopian Military in the Ogaden region of Ethiopia.

the Ethiopian government is increasingly suspicious about foreign involvement in the Ogaden. Ethiopian Government evicted the Red Cross out of Ogaden after a New York Times report that troops were blocking aid. They blamed aid workers for providing it.

On June 18, 2007, New York Time's reporter Jeffery Gentlemen wrote an article, which has exposed the hideous barbarism of Ethiopian military actions in the Ogaden. This report described "a widespread and longstanding reign of terror, with Ethiopian soldiers gang-raping women, burning down huts and killing civilians at will." Mr.

Gentlemen himself and his news crew became victims of the very regime they were reporting on! They were arrested and detained for five days in Dhagaxbur, and were refused contact with the American Embassy.

On July 9, 2007 Paul Salopek, Chicago Tribune Foreign Correspondent reported a 25 year old camel herder laying in Jigjiga Hospital whose throat was cut by the Ethiopian soldiers nine days ago when they attacked his remote village and left him for dead. In his report a worker with the Ethiopian Red Cross said `We are forbidden to talk there is a big problem and people are actually starving.

"Human rights abuses reported during the year included: limitation on citizens' right to change their government during the most recent elections; unlawful killings, and beating, abuse, poor prison conditions; arbitrary arrest and detention, violence and societal discrimination against women and abuse of children; societal discrimination against persons with disabilities and religious and ethnic minorities."

The Ogaden region is much neglected and forgotten land; there are no schools, no hospitals, no court systems, and because the area is under military rule, military justice (which is neither fair nor just) is the code of conduct. But what makes this case even more troubling is that the killings, rapes and outright terror is being conducted by the State of Ethiopia against citizens living within its sovereign borders.

These are the very small spots that the world is saying about Ogaden Considering the reality in ogaden it will only be a drop of water picked from the sea by needle. There are much more hideous crimes against humanity taking place right now in Ogaden but the international Communities are ignoring it.

Now it is upon Ogaden to struggle for their self determination! Fdalan soo iibsda buugan ood ka helaysaan meelo badan gaar ahaan tukaamada soomalida meeshaad joogtaanba.

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