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Members of the Ogaden clan primarily live in the central Ogaden plateau of Ethiopia (Somali Region), [5] the North Eastern Province of Kenya, and the Jubaland region of Southern Somalia. [ 6 ] According to Human Rights Watch in 2008, the Ogaden is the largest Darod clan in Ethiopia's Somali Region, and may account for 40 to 50 percent of the ...
Towards the southwestern edge of the Ogaden is the source of the Ganale Doria River, which joins Dawa River to become the major Jubba River on the Somali border. The Ogaden is known for its oil and gas reserves, [5] although development efforts have been hindered by instability prevailing in the area. [6]
The Aulihan (Somali: Cawlyahan; Cawlyan) are a Somali clan, a division of the largest Somali clan Ogaden clan, living on both sides of the Kenya - Somalia border, and the Afder Zone in Somali Region in Ethiopia.The majorities migrated in response to pressure from the expanding Ethiopian empire and had taken control of the hinterland of the lower Jubba river by the 1870s. [1]
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He details the scattering of the Ogaden clan, their forced migration southwards seeking refuge in the feverish river valleys, and even turning to hunting and farming- measures that were again considered very shameful usually only undertaken by slaves and low-caste Somalis and utterly demeaning for the once great pastoral Ogaden clan.
Uhlig notes that Ali Dhuh’s poems describe the extensive territorial gains made by the Isaaq in traditionally Ogaden lands, the seizure of Ogaden wells, and the large-scale looting of their camels. The poems recount the dispersal of the Ogaden clan, their migration southward into fever-prone river valleys, and their adoption of farming and ...
According to I. M. Lewis, of 89 marriages initiated by men of the Dhulbahante clan, 55 (62%) were therefore with women of Dhulbahante subclans other than those of their husbands; 30 (33.7%) were with women of adjacent clans of other clan families (Isaaq, 28; Hawiye, 3); and 3 (4.3%) were with women of other clans of the Darod clan family ...
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