Sydney Irving
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Ethiopian Crackdown on Ogaden’s Somali Rebel Movement
Bitter fighting continues in Ethiopia's troubled southeast as a humanitarian crisis looms, with government troops battling separatist rebels of the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF). The Ogaden, Ethiopia's “Region Five,”
Somali Conflict Spreads Across Horn Of Africa
The conflict in Somalia is spreading, drawing in fighters and displacing increasing numbers of civilians. Violence has erupted in the previously calmer north of Somalia, with border clashes between the
Splits Developing in Somali Insurgency
Violence in Somalia is escalating as insurgents increase the fight against the feeble Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and their Ethiopian military backers. Rifts, however, are growing between more moderate opposition
Somali Fighters Focus Forces on Common Ethiopian Enemy
Violence in Somalia has spiraled in recent weeks to levels surprising even to Mogadishu's war-weary residents, with almost daily bombings, mortar attacks or street fighting. Islamist insurgents as well as