17 May 2011

On the 7 May 2011, the Ethiopian Army in collaboration with local “special police” began carrying out a pogrom in the regions of Nogob (Fik) and Jarar (Degahbur) along the Fafan valley.

So far, the Ogaden National Liberation Front intelligence Unit had found out that more than one hundred people are either missing or found dead. The list of the names of victims found is attached. During one of these mass killings, ONLF believes that the WFP staff members stumbled upon the civilian massacre in progress and the Ethiopian Army eliminated them in order to silence them. ONLF is collecting evidence and will pass it to the relevant authorities at the opportune moment.

The mass killings that started in several localities follow the same pattern, which shows that the multiple inhuman acts were premeditated and well organized. The Army would approach a village or an Nomadic settlement, round all the inhabitants regardless of age and then take them away to a different locality thirty or forty kilometres away and spray them with bullets. The officers would finish off any survivors. It would take few days for relatives, if they were luckily, to find out that their family members were summarily executed.
This pattern of summary executions and mass terror is found around major oil exploration sites. This new valley of terror is close to Obole. Few months ago, the civilians living around Shilabo, Qabri-dahare and Gode, which are close to exploration sites were treated in similar manner, although the significance of the acts were not clear at the time. Although both the UN and Human Rights organizations requested response from the Ethiopian government about the mass killings that occurred previously in Moyaha and Malqaqa, the Meles Regime prefers to ignore such requests and continue its Crimes against humanity with impunity
Blood Oil has visited its curse on the voiceless Ogaden people. The Ogaden National liberation Front appeals to the secretary general of the UN nations to initiate an immediate investigation of the persistent mass murder perpetrated by the Ethiopian Army in the Ogaden, since Ethiopian government is violating the Human, political and economic rights of the Ogaden people and apply the responsibility to protect resolution and protect the Ogaden civilian population.
The list of the Ogaden victims of Ethiopian pogrom:

No. Name Gender date Area

1 Abdisamad Omar falug -M- 07/05/2011- Dhogsa
2 Hussein Dheeg Mohamed aden – M- 07/05/2011- Dhogsa
3 Ahmed Abdi Wahab – M – 07/05/2011 – Dhogsa
4 Carab Hadir H. Omar – M – 07/05/2011 – Dhogsa
5 Abdullahi hadir H. Omar – M – 07/05/2011 – Dhogsa
6 Deeq yusuf Ismail – M – 07/05/2011 – Dhogsa
7 Abdifatah Aw Mohamed – M – 07/05/2011 – Dhogsa
8 Abdisamad Omar falug – M – 07/05/2011 – Dhogsa
9 Abdikaad Mohamed Farah – M – 11/5/2011 – Degah Madow
10 Afi Abdullahi Shugri – M – 11/5/2011 – Degah Madow
11 Bakaad Bashir – M – 11/5/2011 – Degah Madow
12 Mukhtar Basir – M – 11/5/2011 – Degah Madow
13 Shugri Abdullahi Sayid – M – 11/5/2011 – Degah Madow
14 Ibrahim Sharif Abdirahman – M – 11/5/2011 – Degah Madow
15 Duale Mohamed Ali – M – 11/5/2011 – Degah Madow
16 Kayd Sarehaye – M – 11/5/2011 – Degah Madow
17 Ahmed Aw-Ise Qofal – M – 13/5/2011 – CARBADHIS
18 Mukhtar Aw- Mohamed Qase – M – 13/5/2011 – CARBADHIS
19- Suldan Mohamed Aden – M – 13/5/2011 – CARBADHIS
20 Hure Ahmed Abdi Hassan – M – 13/5/2011 – CARBADHIS
21 Bashir Mukhtar Aden – M – 13/5/2011 – CARBADHIS
22 Son of Hassan Bixi – M – 13/5/2011- CARBADHIS
23 Ahmed Abdi Hassan – M – 13/5/2011 – CARBADHIS
24 Abdi Mowlid Abdi Kaahin – M – 13/5/2011 – CARBADHIS
25 Yusuf Barud Dhuh – M – 13/05/2011 – Dharkenly
26 Mukhtar Abdullahi Omar – M – 13/05/2011 – Dharkenly
27 Muhumed weli Khalif – M – 13/05/2011 – Dharkenly
28 Shugri Aden (Food) – M – 13/05/2011 – Dharkenly
29 Khadar Shugri Food – M – 13/05/2011 – Dharkenly
30 Haybe Muhumed Shafec – M – 13/05/2011 – Dharkenly
31 Mohamed Abdi Aden Moos – M – 13/05/2011 – Dharkenly
32 Son of Badel Habarwaa – M – 135/2011 – Dharkenly
33 Son of Ahmed dheere -M – 13/05/2011 – Dharkenly
35 Ayaan Ali Idoor – F – 14/05/2011 – Dhabile
35 Son of Budul Cawl – M – 16/05/2011 – Degah Madow
36 Son of Budul Cawl – M – 16/05/2011 – Degah Madow
37 Quresh Osman Jamase – M – 16/05/2011 – Degah Madow

Ogaden National Liberation Front