Today marks the fifteenth anniversary of the creation of the Ogaden Online news gathering and dissemination site.

It is certainly bittersweet moment for those who have been instrumental in its creation; those who supported its successes throughout the years; and to those who then helped turn what was then to many a pipedream to a site that today has reporters in every city, town and village in the entire Ogaden.

Not many have predicted fifteen years ago what the Ogaden Online site has become. Not many have had the slightest inkling to what the Ogaden Online site could turn out to be, yet Ogaden Online not only has flourished but it is today a site where one million unique visitors get their news firsthand every month.