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Ogaden
[ oh-gah-deyn ]
noun
- an arid region in SE Ethiopia.
Ogaden
/ ˌɒɡəˈdɛn /
noun
- the Ogadena region of SE Ethiopia, bordering on Somalia: consists of a desert plateau, inhabited by Somali nomads; a secessionist movement, supported by Somalia, has existed within the region since the early 1960s and led to bitter fighting between Ethiopia and Somalia (1977–78)
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A bloody, but now forgotten, 1977-1978 war between Somalia and Ethiopia began when Somalia’s dictator invaded to seize a region of Ethiopia, the Ogaden, inhabited by ethnic Somalis.
From Washington Post
Ethiopia fought a war with Somalia in 1977 over the disputed region of the Ogaden.
From BBC
The effect of the cyclone could also be to let the swarms to move south east to Ogaden region and lay eggs there too, the FAO said.
From Reuters
Last year, Poly-GCL conducted the first ever crude oil extraction tests in the Ogaden Basin.
From The Guardian
But oil and gas exploration has a long and troubled history in the Ogaden.
From The Guardian
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