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Flag of the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF),
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Flag of the Western Somalia Liberation Front (WSLF),
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There is no flag of the Ogaden in this sense. The inhabitants are Somali, some of whom do not feel connected to Ethiopia but to Somalia or even strive for a unified state of all Somalis. This led to an armed underground struggle as early as 1960, initially supported by the WSLF, which sought to annex the region to Somalia. From 1980, it lost influence under Ethiopian military pressure. From its remnants, the ONLF was founded in 1984, which today strives for a kind of state independence of the Odagen, not least because of the disastrous political situation in Somalia. The flag of ONLF shows three stripes in green, pale blue and red with a white five-pointet star in the middle of the pale blue stripe. In this way that flag combines the colours of Somalia (white star on pale blue ground) and the WSLF (green and red). The star of Somalia symbolizes by its five points those countries in which Somali-People lived in the times of the foundation of the State of Somalia (Ogaden, Somaliland, Somalia, Djibouti, North East Kenya). It expresses a demand for reunification which however lost his power since the collapse of Somalia. The Western Somalia Liberation Front (WSLF) used obviously different styled flags, respectively its design is changed very often. Very frequent were the colours green and red and the white star. There are known even combinations in blue/red or black/red.
Source: 1.) Wikipedia (DE), 2.) Wikipedia (DE), Volker Preuß
The Horn of Africa, end of 2012:
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modyfied by: Volker Preuß
The Ogaden essentially corresponds to the Ethiopian "Somali Region":
Area: ca. 126.667 square miles
Inhabitants: 11.748.998 (2017), 96 % Somali
Religions: 99% Muslim
Density of Population: 93 inh./sq.mi.
Capital: Jijiga, 125.876 inh. (2007)
official Language: Amharic
other Languages: Somali
Currency: Ethiopian currency
Time Zone: GMT + 3 h
Source: Wikipedia (EN)
Antiquity · settlement by Kushitic tribes, evolution of the Somali in the today's Somaliland
Middle Ages · Somali-State of Adal (today's Djibouti, Somaliland and Ogaden) expansion of the Somali in southern and western direction, islamisization of the Somali
1891 · Ogaden becomes annexed by Abbesinia (Ethiopia)
ca. 1960 · foundation of the Western Somalia Liberation Front (WSLF)
January 1964 · conflicts between Ethiopia and Somalia for Ogaden
30th of March 1964 · cease fire
1976 · foundation of the Western Somalia Liberation Front in Ogaden, struggle for the annexion by Somalia
1977–1982 · Ogaden War between Ethiopia and Somalia: 1978 furthest advance of Somali troops on Ethiopian territory, 1981 counter attack of Ethiopia by support of the Soviet Union and Cuban troops, 1982 end of the Ogaden War without a result, preservation of the staus quo of pre 1977 times
1984 · foundation of the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF)
1991 · the Ethiopian provinces of Hararghe, Bale and Sidamo are merged to form the "Somali Region"
2007 · the ONLF attacks the Abole oil field, which is under Chinese control
Source: 1.) Wikipedia (DE), 2.) Wikipedia (DE)
