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The Western Somali Liberation Front (Somali: Jabhadda Xoreynta Somali Galbeed; abbreviated WSLF) was a Somali movement fighting in eastern Ethiopia to liberate the Somali inhabited Ogaden region from Ethiopian control. It played a major role in the Ogaden War of 1977–78, assisting the invading Somali Army.
Ethiopian Army soldiers at a ceremony marking Ethiopia joining AMISOM in Somalia. Ethiopia has served in various United Nations and African Union peacekeeping missions. These have included Ivory Coast, [15] [16] on the Burundi border, [15] [17] and in Rwanda. Two major previous Ethiopian missions were in Liberia and Darfur.
After the Italians had been driven from the country, a British Military Mission to Ethiopia (BMME), under Major General Stephen Butler, was established to reorganize the Ethiopian Army. [18] The Anglo-Ethiopian Agreement of 1944 removed the BMME from the jurisdiction of East Africa Command at Nairobi and made it responsible to the Ethiopian ...
Ethiopian forces engaged in fierce clashes with al Shabaab fighters near the town of Rab Dhuure in western Somalia on Sunday morning, local residents said. At around 9 a.m. (0600 GMT) local ...
Flag Date Use Description 1270-1875: Flag of The Ethiopian Empire: A horizontal tricolour of Yellow, Red and Green. 1875-1881 Flag of The Ethiopian Empire A horizontal tricolour of red, white and purple with the Lion of Judah superimposed at the center. Disputed early version of the post-1897 flag. [17] 1881-1889: Flag of The Ethiopian Empire
Somalia will expel thousands of Ethiopian troops stationed in the country to help with security by the end of the year unless Addis Ababa scraps a disputed port deal with the breakaway region of ...
Somali national army troops seized the Godey Front on 24 July 1977, after Division 60 defeated the Ethiopian 4th Infantry Division. [50] Godey's capture allowed the Somali side to consolidate its hold on the Ogaden, concentrate its forces, and advance further to other regions of Ethiopia. [ 51 ]
The Ogaden National Liberation Front, abbreviated ONLF, (Somali: Jabhadda Waddaniga Xoreynta Ogaadeeniya, JAWXO; Arabic: الجبهة الوطنية لتحرير أوجادين, romanized: Al-Jabhat al-wataniat litahrir 'Awjadin, ALJAWLA) is a Somali political and military organization which aims for the self-determination of the Somali people in the Ogaden and the Somali Region of Ethiopia.