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Oil and gas companies exploring the Ogaden Basin employ thousands of people. Although the operations are carried out in SRS, the companies do not employ the local labor force. Instead, they bring employees from...
Mining is one of the most environment-damaging activities humans carry out. It has far reaching impacts on the soil, water, air, human health, and biodiversity. To avoid or minimize these effects, mining is regulated...
For many years, Ethiopia and the predatory oil companies conspired against the people of SRS. They simply bypassed them when exploring their land. Ethiopia has never consulted with, sought the approval of, or respected...
Oil and gas companies exploring the Ogaden Basin employ thousands of people. Although the operations are carried out in SRS, the companies do not employ the local labor force. Instead, they bring employees from...
Mining is one of the most environment-damaging activities humans carry out. It has far reaching impacts on the soil, water, air, human health, and biodiversity. To avoid or minimize these effects, mining is regulated...
For many years, Ethiopia and the predatory oil companies conspired against the people of SRS. They simply bypassed them when exploring their land. Ethiopia has never consulted with, sought the approval of, or respected...
Afar and Somalis have long been victims. From colonial era to medieval Ethiopian history, they have always remained targeted for subjugation and abuse. Their histories are mirror images of the other. For colonial perspectives...
Somaliregionnews has obtained a letter signed by Oromia president HE Shimeles Abdissa requesting the Prime Minister to extend the tarmac road from Nagelle Borana to Dolo Ado district in Somali region. According to this...
Traditional burning ( medically known as traditional therapeutic burning, TTB) is Chinese moxibustion-like folk therapy, burning of sick people for healing purpose by using hot iron or actively burning firewood. It can be largely...
More than a century has passed since the first attempts were made to extract oil and gas in Ogaden. During this period, the successive Ethiopian regimes all tried to exploit the oil and gas...
The brewing tension between an increasingly assertive Somali region and their notorious Afar neighbor is escalating into a dangerous confrontation –at a time when Ethiopia is going through a painful reform with a contagious...
Ethiopia, the most populous country in East Africa and the second in Africa, has recently witnessed appreciated waves of political reforms. The changes came after many years of autocratic rule and human rights violations...
On the first of this May, the Ethiopian army entered Danlahelay village which is located along the border of Somali Regional State with Afar Region. The area is a conflict hotspot between neighboring Somalis...