A faction of the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF), chaired by Abdirahman Mahdi, has accused regional authorities in ...

Ethiopia is due to hold elections in 2026. But will they be free and fair? Since 1995, Ethiopia has held elections every five ...

A faction of the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) has announced the removal of its chairman, Abdirahman Mahdi, citing actions that allegedly "endangered the unity of the front," according to ...

The ONLF's chairmanship is not your average desk job. It requires a strong jawline for photo ops, steel nerves for regional ...

The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) has denounced a call from some of its senior members, including its chairperson, to backtrack on a peace deal with the federal government and rekindle armed ...

Let us reject conmen in columnist’s clothing. Let us demand transparency—from commentators, media, and institutions alike. The future of our region depends not on hollow rhetoric but on truth, ...

When the boundaries of peace are sketched with unsteady hands and the shadows of past violence loom over a fragile federation, even a single reckless act can redraw the map in blood. The Oromo ...

This is Nuruddin Farah’s most powerful novel. As with all of his fiction, it is set in his homeland of Somalia. Maps is an absorbing account of an orphaned boy growing up among women during the Ogaden ...

The Somali people are not just being plundered by outsiders—they are being sold out by their ... it fails to hold Mustafe Omer accountable for his role in propping up this exploitative system. The ...