I had fallen in love. Ethiopia does that to people. It sneaks up on you with its lush, mountainous landscape, its delicious coffee, its beautiful people as warm and welcoming as any in the world.

However, following the collapse of the Somali government in 1991, the rebellion in Ogaden transitioned from a Mogadishu-led war effort to a more grassroots rebellion led by Ogaden-Somalis ...

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 ensuing war would become one of the defining events ... Photo: Young men in a Somali rebel camp in Ogaden. Credit: AFP/Getty Images.

For as long as its people can remember, cycles of drought-induced famine and underdevelopment have plagued Ethiopia’s eastern Ogaden region. One of the least developed corners of Earth ...

The photo was taken in 1978 — four years before Omar was born — and captured an image from the Ogaden War when Somali forces were receiving support from the U.S. Thank you for supporting our ...

It started in 1994, almost two decades after the Somali-Ethio Ogaden War (to which the current struggles are linked) concluded. The ONLF, representing Ethiopian Somalis, is fighting for ...