In Search of Justice and Somali Region of Ethiopia

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The Somali region of Ethiopia has been affected by both external and internal injustices and is faced with dismal situations, some of which have been created by its own people. On one level, Ethiopia’s successive regimes have traditionally marginalized the Somali region of Ethiopia and made the region’s population peripheral to other Ethiopians; as a result, the region has remained …

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After the Last Year’s August (2005) Elections and the Somali Region in Ethiopia

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The Somali region in Ethiopia is one of nine autonomous regions that make up Ethiopia and one of the least developed, insecure and unbalanced regions of the whole country. After one century of gloom and total segregation, the region became autonomous in early 1990’s. Ever since, the region has had its ups and downs. If …

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In Search of an Identity and the Somali Region in Ethiopia

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In search of an identity and harmony, the Somali people in Ethiopia should consider their collective identity, existence and unity. The Somali Regional State has endured numerous problems and suffered from political mayhems and disapproving divisions. At one time, the region’s inhabitants identified themselves with different names on the basis of the territories under which …

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Shidane Arone’s Case Sparks a Tumultuous Debate in the Canadian War Museum

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Shidane Arone’s body was buried in his hometown of Beletweyne, but his image ended up in the Canadian War Museum. For more than a decade, the case of Shidane Arone has been a tumultuous roar among Canadians. In late 1992, about nine hundred soldiers of the Canadian Airborne Regiment were dispatched to Somalia. The Regiment’s …

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