(Ogadentoday Press)- A report says that clashes
between ONLF, Ogaden National Liberation Front and a coalition of Ethiopian
military and Liyu Police Troops erupted in the restive Ogaden region,
Dhagahbour Zone on Tuesday.The sources said that 32 Ethiopian Troops
and ONLF fighters killed in the fighting.According to a diplomatic source based In
Jigjiga told Ogadentoday Press that ONLF troops attacked, a Labbiga, a small
village near to Dhagaxbour, where Ethiopian Troops had a military camp, the
ONLF troop’s ambush killed 30 Ethiopian coalition troops, while two ONLF
fighters killed, the source confirmed.Ethiopian troops carried out a massive crackdown after the attack, some
elders have been taken to prison; while some women are unknown where have been taken. Civilians in the
area express concerns about the crackdown.
There was no immediate word on the situation
Tuesday from ONLF and Ethiopian Government.ONLF has accused of Ethiopian troops
committing human right abuses in the Ogaden, but Addis Ababa denied the
accusation.Human right organizations labels Ogaden
Region, as Darfur of Sudan.Meanwhile the Ethiopian Government and
Somali Regional administration says that they want the development of Ogaden
Region and the production of Oil and Gas, there are poor human right records in
the region which International Community widely criticized.Thousands of civilians are detained in the
region and hundred are killed for last months.Many flee in the Ogaden Region and
registered the UNHCR offices in Kenya and Djibouti.There is no independent judicial system in the region, people in the
regionbelieve they are under martial law.
Peace talks between Ethiopian and ONLF ended
in the Kenyan capital without a breakthrough on October.Ethiopian Prime Minister Haile Mariam
Deselam told Aljazeera Television that ONLF refused to accept the constitution.No agreement of precondition said, ONLF
officials.The ONLF has been fighting for
self-determination for the Ogaden since the 1970s, and Ogaden people in the
region and Diaspora supports the vision of ONLF.Ogadentoday Press.