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Ethiopia requests OAU to stop Somali intervention in the Ogaden Province

Date
2 Aug 1977
Updated
30 Sep 2019
Ethiopia requests OAU to stop Somali intervention in the Ogaden Province

Ethiopia requested the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), predecessor of the African Union to stop Somali intervention in the Ogaden Province, Ethiopia. Ethiopia’s plea to the OAU followed the attempt by Somali forces to occupy Ogaden on 23 July 1977. The Somali Army crossed the international border of Ethiopia into Ogaden Province without any resistance. The tension between the two east African countries started long before the Ogaden War. In 1976, Ethiopia distributed a 39 page memorandum titled “War Clouds in the Horn of Africa” to Heads of States attending an OAU meeting in Addis Ababa.  Its primary purpose was to warn African leaders of the growing tension between the two countries.

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  1. 01Global Security, (1986), ‘Why Ogaden War’, [online], available at www.globalsecurity.org (Accessed: 05 July 2012)
  2. 02Boddy-Evans A. ‘This day in African history’, from About African History.com, 02 August, [online], available at www.africanhistory.about.com (Accessed: 05 July 2012)

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2012, July 27). Ethiopia requests OAU to stop Somali intervention in the Ogaden Province. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089126

South African History Online (2012) 'Ethiopia requests OAU to stop Somali intervention in the Ogaden Province', South African History Online, 27 July. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089126 (Accessed: 9 August 2026).

South African History Online, Ethiopia requests OAU to stop Somali intervention in the Ogaden Province [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089126, (accessed 9 August 2026).

"Ethiopia requests OAU to stop Somali intervention in the Ogaden Province." South African History Online, 27 July 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089126. Accessed 9 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "Ethiopia requests OAU to stop Somali intervention in the Ogaden Province." South African History Online. July 27, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089126.

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