The Ogaden national Liberation Front sees the so-called sale of “PETRONAS” concessions in the Ogaden to South Western Energy (a Tigray TPLF owned enterprise) as a face-saving measure intended to hide Ethiopia’s incapacity to resolve the conflict in the Ogaden in a just way, peacefully through a negotiated settlement.
First, this act is a continuation of the previous practices of concessions granted to oil companies while systematically subjecting the ogaden people to deprivation and inhuman crimes in order to force them to forgo any rights to their land and resources. However, the difference now is that multinationals from abroad had seen through Ethiopia false claims of controlling the Ogaden and had opted out of the Ogaden. Therefore, the regime had been forced to hide behind its own company in order to cover up its inability to guarantee to companies access to what it does not own or control. Ethiopia’s plan was to resort to scorched earth policy and mass transgression of the Human Rights of the Ogaden people, in order to loot and usurp the Ogaden Somali people of their land and natural resources. Ethiopia sliced the whole Somali territory into 21 blocks and auctioned it without regard to the wishes and wellbeing of Ogaden people or the precarious ecology of the land. No other part of the so-called Ethiopia was subjected to such an inhuman and avaricious practice.
Secondly, South Western Energy is a company owned by the TPLF regime and its presence in the Ogaden is considered as an extension of the regime in the Ogaden and will not be tolerated. This regime has previously massacred innocent people civilians in the Ogaden in order to facilitate for South Western Energy to exploit Fossil fuel resources in the Ogaden and the Ogaden people hold this company equally responsible for the crimes committed against them.
Thirdly, the Ethiopian regime has closed all doors for a negotiated settlement of the Ogaden conflict, by engaging in deceitful practices, and claiming reaching meaningless peace deals with forged ONLF faction and other irrelevant groups. Consequently, the Ogaden will remain a war zone until Ethiopia changes its intransigent stand and accepts a genuine peace process under the auspices of a third credible international party. Therefore, companies that engage in oil exploration in the Ogaden are putting themselves in harm’s way, since collateral damages from the warring parties or other forms of insecurity are highly probable.
Finally, ONLF calls upon all interested parties in exploiting the natural resources of the Ogaden to invest in just efforts that could encourage the international community to take decisive actions that will protect the rights of the Ogaden people and bring peace instead of fuelling the conflict by replenishing the coffers of the aggressor, the Ethiopian regime.
Ogaden National Liberation Front
This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Subscribe to this comment's feed
written by abdalla, October 08, 2010
Thats a very empty statement you have made and clearly it gives no justice to the complex situation on the ground.Your suggestions says lets give in to the TPLF without coercing them to accept our demands for our rights to be respected.We all know that is if you are familiar with the politics of the Ogaden that the TPLF began this War by overthrowing the elected officials(ONLF) in the 1990's and have since not backed-away from this line of work.They continue there rights abuses and have failed to negotiate a PEACEFUL settlement.So no your suggestion is irrational without guarantees on the rights of the Ogaden then there will be no peace.Its really ironic that you are blaming the people who are calling for peace and justice for the problems when the TPLF is clearly the obstacle to peace.
No the Ogaden people are not fighting each other.This is a weak argument presented by those cynics who ignorantly side with the TPLF.There is no struggle for liberation that has not had to confront at times sections of there own people who have been mobilized by the enemy, this is natural and these things fade way into the bigger picture.Still the cities and towns are garrisoned by TPLF troops and until they are present on the land, then this is a war between a foreign occupier and the citizens of the Ogaden.The war for the most part is been fought between the TPLF and ONLF, the local stooges are a small factor that is natural to every human conflict you will have betrayal among your ranks but the forces of justice who fight for a better world always triumph.
Victory for ONLF and the people, Excellent statement and we are with you 100% of the way.
-
- +1
-
-
written by mahamed, October 08, 2010
-
- +1
-
-
written by Bashir, October 09, 2010
independece so we were leaved under the E thiopia dirty trash for hundred and hundred years with slave we
we didnt have rights to go to school we didnt have rights to make lights for our city we did not have rights to speak out we did not have rights to make hospitas our homeland we did not have right to make roads our in ogadenia we were under abuse so now we say for abuse now we say no for slave now say no for under control we will fighting unrtil we see ogadenia indepence and also our powerful military onlf they full
full support all international community and also they have full support all ogadenia nation accep small FUNCTION WHO SALE THEMSELF AND NOW SOME OF THEM RUNSWAY ALREADY SOME OF THEM DEAD SO WE HAVE FULL SUPPORT ANY WAY YOU LOOK AIM SO PROUD IT TO BE OGADENIA
-
- +0
-
-
written by Bashir, October 09, 2010
-
- +0
-
-
written by Somalian, October 10, 2010
Please O people of Ogaden keep up the struggle your fore father started, Ahmed Goray is among you if not with you will be borne among you. The enamy of your people know deep down you that you have ruled the whole Ethiopian once in history is about time surely history will repeat itself.
Allah grant you success in both here and here after.
Viva ONLF
-
- +0
-
-
Toolmoon