Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2012 5:46 pm Post subject: የኦጋዴን ጭፍጭፋ ቀጥሏል
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“ “ The Ogaden is a ghost, a black hole that no one writes and no one speaks about. The pro-government militias have been committing abuses and violence against the population in the indifference and ignorance of world public opinion for years since the territory is off limits to humanitarian aid workers and journalists,” said Gü rhan Ahmed, a member of the National Front for the Liberation Ogaden (ONLF), to MISNA describing the situation in the Somali-majority region.
Rich in natural gas, the Ogaden territory was annexed by Ethiopia at the end of World War II. “ But the government in Mogadishu and Addis Ababa have disputed sovereignty over the territory, while we Ogadenis demand what others have received, after years of struggle, which is the right to self-determination,” says Gü rhan comparing his people’ s struggle to that of neighboring South Sudan, which became independent last July.
For years, due to an undeclared embargo, imposed by the central government, a population of about eight million people are forced to rely, for income, only on cross-border trade with Somalia, “ since international aid, wheat, sorghum, corn and other good things, lie in the ‘ coffers’ of President Meles Zenawi” , Gü rhan complained, adding that” the international community closes both eyes when it comes to human rights in Ethiopia since the government is considered an indispensable ally in the region.” That which is being implemented by the leaders in Addis Ababa – for Gü rhan – is a real “ strategy of placing under siege an entire population in an area deeply affected by the drought, which is being deprived of a basic means of support.” The only organization allowed to operate in the area, the World Food Programme (WFP), has preferred not to disclose details of an incident in which its operators were involved in 2011 and in which government paramilitary units are said to have been involved.
In recent weeks, pro-government militias attacked the town of Gunagadonel Daghabur, in which several people were killed and others wounded. “ The pattern is always the same: steal, loot, and then set fire to everything,” says the interlocutor to Misna adding that “ an armed uprising is, at present, the only way for people to regain their dignity trampled by a government that is illiberal and violent.” Since 2008, the Ogaden region has intentionally been isolated by the government that does not allow access to journalists or human rights workers. Last September, two Swedish journalists were arrested and sentenced to 11 years in prison for filming the lives of the people subjected to “ collective punishment and systematic” according to human rights organizations. [AdL]
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17 Women gang raped and one died in Gabriile, Nogob region
TUESDAY, 13 MARCH 2012 04:51 OGADEN ONLINE
Reports reaching the Ogaden Online service desk from the village of Gabriile also known as Lagahida confirm a rape spree that was spearheaded by the Ethiopian Military and its associated militias deployed in that area.
Our local reporters have confirmed one such incident where Ethiopian military gang raped 17 Women including pregnant women and nursing mothers. These gang rape incidents, although not new, appear coordinated. This gruesome incident took place on February 27, 2012.
The names of those raped are as follows:
1. Fataax Xaaji Maxamed: Died due to the injuries caused by the gang rape.
2. Khayro--Ddiib Cabdi Dhuux: Pregnant Mother who lost her baby due to the gang rape
3. Caagan Maxamed Geedi
4. Aamina Diirane Yaasiin
5. Sahra Shaafi Turre
6. Ardo Maxamed Axmed
7. Sahra Macalin Axmed
8. Dhuux Maxamed Xasan
9. Faadumo Nuur Cabdi Cakoole
10. Faadumo Yuusuf Cumar
11. Saynaba Macalin Maxamed
12. Geesh Cabdi Suldaan
13. Nuuriya Sheikh Xuseen
14. Hodan Bashiir Maxamed
15. Cawo Rashiid Aflaw
16. Fardawsa Axmed Buraale
17. Faadumo Maxamed Ugaas
It is reported that the health of the raped Women are deteriorating since they have almost bled to death due to the injuries caused by the gang rape.
The Ethiopian army personnel, many of whom are infected with AIDS carryout gang rapes not only to intentionally spread the virus but also to instill unparalleled fear into the civilian population especially the nomads in Ogaden.
According to World Health Organization (WHO) report, Ethiopia and especially its army personnel have one of the highest Aids infection rates in the sub-Saharan Africa.
The rape of women has now reached an epidemic proportions in Ogaden and is becoming the most potent weapon used by the Ethiopian military against the Ogaden civilians.
Civilians living closer to the military garrison where these innocent females are held report the screams of the females day and night as it appears they might be tortured or gang raped.
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