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Ogaden
[ oh-gah-deyn ]
noun
- an arid region in SE Ethiopia.
Ogaden
/ ˌɒɡəˈɛ /
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.
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Ethiopia fought a war with Somalia in 1977 over the disputed region of the Ogaden.
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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.
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Last year, Poly-GCL conducted the first ever crude oil extraction tests in the Ogaden Basin.
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But oil and gas exploration has a long and troubled history in the Ogaden.
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