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Swedish journalists deny Ethiopian terrorism claims

Two Swedish journalists on trial in Ethiopia have admitted contact with an outlawed rebel group but reject accusations they received weapons training.

Ethiopia refutes rebels’ claims of military success

Ethiopia’s Ogaden rebels said on Tuesday they had killed more than 200 soldiers in a string of successful military operations.

Ethiopia denies rebel group captures army garrison

Ethiopia on Wednesday denied claims by the nation’s main rebel group that it had captured an army garrison town and killed 94 soldiers.

Ethiopian rebels deny helping Somali Islamists

An Ethiopian rebel group denied on Tuesday it is helping militants in Somalia who are waging a violent rebellion against the country’s government.

Ethiopia rebels warn oil firms in Ogaden

Ethiopia’s Ogadeni rebels have warned oil firms not to venture into the southern region of the country where they are fighting government forces.

Ethiopia jails Canadian ONLF rebel for life

An Ethiopian court jailed a Canadian for life on Monday after he was convicted of membership of a rebel group fighting for independence.

Ethiopian rebels call for Ogaden aid corridor

Ethiopia’s Ogaden rebels on Friday demanded that the United Nations Security Council secure an aid corridor to their homeland.

Ethiopian rebels accuse regime of blocking aid

Ethiopia’s Ogadeni rebels accused the regime in Addis Ababa on Friday of deliberately blocking international aid to their war-wracked region.

A forgotten war draining a forgotten people

The road from Harar runs for more than 960km east towards the border with Somalia, penetrating deep into the desiccated badlands of the Ogaden desert, the dusty heart of…

Ethiopia rebels deny suffering major losses

Ethiopia’s Ogaden rebels on Saturday denied claims they had suffered heavy losses at the hands of the government forces. On Friday, the Ethiopian army said it had ”annihilated…

Ethiopia’s Ogaden refugees recount horrors of conflict

It was after the second beating by Ethiopian soldiers that Abdi Bashi Jama says he decided to head for the border. But though separated from family, far from his home village in…

Ethiopia rebels claim to have killed 270 more troops

Ethiopia’s Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) rebels said on Sunday they had killed another 270 government troops in heightened fighting in the remote eastern region of the…

Ethiopian PM dismisses rebel claims of deadly attacks

Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi on Tuesday dismissed claims that rebels from the restive Ogaden region had defeated the military and caused one of his top aides to flee.…

Rebels claim they killed 140 Ethiopian troops

Ethiopia’s Ogaden National Liberation Front rebels said they killed 140 government soldiers in a weekend assault targeting a senior official, a statement Ethiopia immediately…

Ethiopia’s Ogaden rebels warn of ‘African genocide’

Ethiopian rebels on Thursday urged the world to bring an end to an army crackdown in the restive Ogaden region, warning that another ”African genocide” was unfolding. The Ogaden…

Ethiopia rebels declare ceasefire for UN visit

Rebels in Ethiopia’s volatile east declared a unilateral ceasefire so the United Nations can investigate their claims of human rights abuses in the region. The Ogaden National…