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issues and causes of the OGADEN War of 1977-1978 between Ethiopia and Somalia with a view to determining the strategic end - state sought by the Somali government. This paper will assess the impact of the superpowers involvement and intervention in the Horn of Africa, and highlight the lessons learnt from the OGADEN conflict, and the strategic
The 1977 war between Ethiopia and Somalia is known as the Ogaden War pre- cisely because the Ogaden region of Ethiopia was both the main cause and the main site of armed conflict.
The Ogaden War began in August 1977 when, supplied with Soviet arms and reinforced with more than 4,000 Soviet advisors, Mohamed Siad Barr? launched an invasion of the Somali-inhabited Ogaden region of Ethiopia.
Hence, the Ogaden war, a brief but costly war fought between Ethiopia and Somalia that ended by the defeat of Somalia and her withdrawal in January, 1978 was seen differently by different sides. Opposing foreign intervention in civil wars has also been a central phenomenon of international politics.
During the last six months, low-key unrest in Ethiopia’s Ogaden region has escalated beyond all recognition. The first signal was a major Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) attack on a Chinese oil exploration site last April in which 74 people were killed.
8 Απρ 1997 · At the heart of the issues underlying the OGADEN War in the Horn of Africa lie three legacies of the past: European colonial rule; Somali irredentism; and superpowers intervention. Fundamentally, this costly war did not achieve any tangible positive result as far as the Horn of Africa is concerned.
The Ogaden Liberation Front (OLF) commanded by Garad Makhtal Garad Dahir launched a rebellion against the government in Hodayo in eastern Ethiopia on June 16, 1963. Somalian government troops intervened in support of the OLF in January 1964.
