For the past couple of days, streams of people from five different continents who are from the Diaspora communities have been arriving at the Swedish capital. These individuals were representatives of the communities in many countries from these five continents: Europe, North America,Australia, Africa and Asia.
Representatives from the host nation, Sweden, welcomed these delegates at many of the Swedish airports, bus terminals and train stations. The delegates were then taken to a major hotel where lodging and a special welcoming dinner awaited.
The delegates are to attend the yearly Ogaden Diaspora Communities convention. This year, the convention is being held at the Swedish capital, Stockholm. The convention opened this morning. It is to continue until the 1st of August.
Aside from the Diaspora delegates, high ranking officials of the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) including its chairman Admiral Mohamed Omar Osman, the head of Foreign Service Mr. Abdirahman Sh. Mahdi and other ONLF official are in attendance. Also in attendance are human rights organizations, experts in fields such as genocide, and foreign reporters some of whom are set to report the convention live on air.
We plan to provide a live feed of the convention on this site. Our onsite reporters will also be providing a continuous commentary and interviews.
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written by BASHIR OGADENIA, July 30, 2010
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