Ogaden National Liberation Front
The Ogaden National Liberation Front is a social and political movement, founded in 1984 to campaign for the right to self-determination for Somalis in the Ogaden or Somali Region of Ethiopia. Its armed wing, led by Ogaden national army waged an insurgency against the Ethiopian government from 1994 to 2018.
ONLF rebels practicting salat, Muslim daily prayers
Column of ONLF rebels
Ogaden is one of the historical names used for the modern Somali Region which forms the eastern portion of Ethiopia and borders Somalia. Other names sometimes used for this area are Haud or Hawd.
Somali-inhabited region within Ethiopia shown as part of Greater Somali territory
1873 cartography by John Bartholomew designating “Ugaden” east of Harar
Statue of Mohammed Abdullah Hassan in Ethiopia, legend from the early 1900s
Street scene in Jijiga, Somali Region