Oil Rich Ogaden

WHY NOT SPEAK: THE IMPOSING QUESTION OF THE SOMALIS IN THE OGADEN Mahamud Ugas Muhumed (PhD Candidate) July 2005 I. BACKGROUND The Ogaden is a land in the Horn of Africa between Somalia and Ethiopia , which has been in dispute between two unconcerned countries for a long time. History tells us that upon the scramble and partition of Africa in 1884 by the Europeans, the region remained given to Menelik II of Ethiopia during 1891-97, but the territory was totally engulfed in 1954 [1] . In December 1957 Ethiopia and Italy reported to the UN General Assembly that direct negotiations were not successful.  The Italian Government refused to accept an Ethiopian compromise on the provisional administrative line, and an arbitration tribunal of three jurists was appointed in 1958 and failed. The General Assembly then asked the King of Norway to nominate an adviser to assist in resolving the tribunal's terms of reference. Trygyve Lie, the former UN Secret...

Is ONLF Struggle on the Track or not? TUESDAY, 21 FEBRUARY 2012 06:15 ADMINISTRATOR By: Dr. M.Ugas When I read Muktar M. Omer’s article of  “ONLF: Time for Admiral Osman to Go ” on Wardernews on Feb 13, 2012, I decided to enlighten the young writers with the right parameters to measure the progress of any liberation struggle.  But, sadly Wardheernews.com refused to publish my article, because my views did not match what they are meant to . The author  STARTED  his paper saying  “I am only trying to salvage the struggle, not to weaken it”  That could  in fact be a good intention, but after reading the result of his analysis, many innocent people may think that he made a profound research on the subject he judged and his intentions were good. However, there are many insights that the writer indispensably needed to consider before evaluating the kind of progress a liberation front may make or may be expected. There are a number of parameters th...

Jigjiga: A New Name for Coca-cola THURSDAY, 23 FEBRUARY 2012 05:17 ADMINISTRATOR By Dr. M. Ugas I grew up in the Ogaden, and I worked there for quite some time in different capacities for various organisations and I think I know a thing or two about the clan politics and the social structure down there.  “Xabaalanow xaabka iska-qaad” , today the reputation of Wardheernews Editorial has taken quite a knock following the publication of their belief that the whole struggle of the ONLF is based on blatant and naked clannish chauvinistic attitude.  It was pretty protracted time since the struggle of the freedom of the Somali inhabited region  COLONIZED  by Britain, Italy and now Ethiopia has been carried out under the specious of greater Pan-Somalis, but failed to be productive. We can presume the name of the region as Ogaden was given by the colonials for whatever reason, but it became a preset trade-mark just like Coca-Cola that the world recognizes it as Oga...