Ogaden
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- proper noun
- Knowing that they cannot grant this right to the people of Ogaden for fear the region might cede from Ethiopia, the regime resorted to dilly-dallying around the constitutional issue.
- Ogaden region
- Ogaden region, Ethiopia
- problems in the Ogaden
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Even if we were, hypothetically speaking, to accept the constitution in order to find a lasting solution, we must ask: why is the constitution not implemented in Ogaden?
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In which case, the people of Ogaden are within their rights to reject this unworking document.
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The Ogaden peoples' demand is very simple: they want to exercise the right to self-determination.
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If the constitution is truly the supreme law of the land which all must uphold, 'respect and accept,' why is it not implemented in Ogaden?
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The active involvement of Ethiopia is quite a surprise, in light of the history of conflict between the two countries over control of the Ogaden region.
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So far we can only conclude from this and past experiences that the Ogaden is not part of Ethiopia proper, which means the writ of the Ethiopian constitution does not reach or apply to the Ogaden.
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Where is this constitution when the people of Ogaden are arbitrarily arrested daily en masse and hoarded into military camps to be tortured, raped, and killed?
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ONLF believes that the solution of the conflict in the Ogaden can only be achieved by accepting the principles of the right to exercise their self-determination without any preconditions or restrictions," the ONLF statement read.
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Little do they know about ONLF; it seems years of fighting the ONLF in the bushes and cities of Ogaden have not acquainted them with what makes this movement, which has survived every one of their assaults, tick and strong.
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The Ogaden region in eastern Ethiopia is predominantly inhabited by ethnic Somalis, who have a rich cultural heritage.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ogaden comes from the name of the Somali clan who live there, so the land took the clan's name. That's why Ogaden refers to the region in eastern Ethiopia where that Somali group has lived.