The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) has denounced a meeting that took place in Jigjiga, the capital of Somali region, as "illegitimate and politically orchestrated," accusing the ruling ...

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

Ogaden’s recent history is also clouded by conflict that has killed thousands. Ceded to Ethiopia by the British in 1954, ... the university’s vice president.

JIGJIGA, (WDN) — Veteran nationalist and former political prisoner Abdikarim Muse Qalbi-Dhagax has been elected as the new chairman of the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF), following internal ...

The Somali region of Ethiopia, known as Ogaden by most people of Somali origin, is once again at the centre of international tension. It is at the heart of a dispute between the Ethiopian government ...

We continued to receive similar reports of brutality, this time by the Liyu police, a brutal paramilitary force who report to the Somali Region’s president. We focused on Jail Ogaden because ...

Until recently, Jail Ogaden in Ethiopia’s eastern Somali Region housed thousands of prisoners, ... the Somali Region’s president at the time, Abdi Illey – was arrested.

Ethiopia has denied the International Committee of the Red Cross permission to resume humanitarian operations in the restive Ogaden region. ICRC workers were expelled from the Ogaden nearly four ...