Posts Tagged ‘Ogaden’

Swedish Journalists’ Terror Trial Opens in Ethiopia

October 18 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Ethiopia, News, Politics, Uncategorized, World Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

It was standing room only Tuesday as a three-judge federal panel began hearing the case of Swedish journalists charged with terrorism by Ethiopian authorities after being arrested with members of an outlawed rebel group in the restive Ogaden region. Among those present were 18 Swedish journalists who flew in from Stockholm, partly in a symbolic show... Read more

Two Swedish Journalists Charged With Terrorism in Ethiopia

September 8 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Ethiopia, News, Politics, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,

Ethiopia charged two Swedish journalists with terrorism after detaining them in July with rebels in the Ogaden region, State Minister of Communications Shimeles Kemal said. Johan Persson and Martin Schibbye appeared in court yesterday, Shimeles said in a telephone interview from Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, today. Prosecutors have a video showing the journalists handling guns, he said. “They have entered the country... Read more

Ethiopia: Govt denies troops killed by Ogaden rebels

September 2 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Ethiopia, News, Politics, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

BBC: Ethiopia has denied claims that 25 of its soldiers have been killed by rebels in its oil-producing Somali region. The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) said it attacked a military convoy escorting the Chinese oil firm PetroTrans on Tuesday. Twenty-five government soldiers and several of its fighters were killed in the ensuing clashes near the regional capital, Jijiga, ... Read more

PetroTrans May Face Attack in Ethiopia Oil Search, Group Says

August 9 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Economy, Ethiopia, News, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

Petrotrans Co., a Chinese oil exploration company, may face attack in Ethiopia’s restive Ogaden region if it begins operations in the area, a U.S.-based advocacy group said. “We urge all foreign oil companies, especially the Chinese oil and gas company PetroTrans, to refrain from undertaking any oil exploration missions in Ogaden,” the Resolve Ogaden Coalition said in an e-mailed statement today. Ethiopia’s... Read more

Ethiopia hopes gas production from Ogaden region in six years

August 4 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Economy, Ethiopia, News, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , ,

Eleven firms licensed in 31 blocks * Chinese firm to spend $4 bln By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA, (Reuters) – Ethiopia, which has seen a surge in requests for exploration rights, hopes to produce gas from its huge and under-developed reserves in its Somali Region in six years time, an official said on Wednesday. Eleven companies have now been granted licences to develop 31... Read more

Worst Drought in 60 Years Hitting East Africa

June 28 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Africa, Ethiopia, News, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,

GENEVA (Reuters) – The worst drought in 60 years in the Horn of Africa has sparked a severe food crisis and high malnutrition rates, with parts of Kenya and Somalia experiencing pre-famine conditions, the United Nations said on Tuesday. More than 10 million people are now affected in drought-stricken areas of Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Uganda and the situation is... Read more

Ethiopia Denies Red Cross Permission to Resume Ogaden Operation

May 1 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Africa, Ethiopia, News, Politics, Uncategorized Tags: , , ,

Ethiopia has denied the International Committee of the Red Cross permission to resume humanitarian operations in the restive Ogaden region. ICRC workers were expelled from the Ogaden nearly four years ago for allegedly aiding members of a separatist group, a charge they strongly deny. ICRC President Jakob Kellenberger says talks with Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi yielded no progress on the... Read more

Ethiopia signs peace deal with Ogaden rebel group

July 30 | Posted by ocean | Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , ,

The Ethiopia government and the United Western Somali Liberation front (UWSLF) signed peace deal to end the long run war in the Somali ethnic region in Ethiopia. The peace deal was singed in Addis Ababa where representatives of the Ethiopia government, UWSLf, African Union, and the Untied Nations gathered. The peace accord grants amnesty to all leaders and... Read more

Petronas May Begin Ethiopian Gas Exports in 2015, Ministry Says

July 2 | Posted by ocean | Ethiopia, News, Uncategorized Tags: , , ,

By Fred Ojambo (Bloomberg) — Petroliam Nasional Bhd., Malaysia’s state-owned oil company, may begin exporting natural gas from Ethiopia in five years, when production starts at a plant it is building in the country, a Mines Ministry official said. Fields being developed by Petronas in Ethiopia contain as much as 4 trillion cubic feet of gas, Eshetu Chala,... Read more

Ethiopia rebels to lay down arms: Govt

June 24 | Posted by ocean | Ethiopia, News, Uncategorized Tags: , , , ,

ADDIS ABABA — A faction of one of Ethiopia’s most active rebel groups seeking a separate state in the southeast of the country has agreed to lay down its arms, a government minister said Thursday. A spokesman for the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) rebel group, which is seeking independence for the Ogaden territory, dismissed the ... Read more

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