Significant1977 – 1978 · 1 year

Ogaden War

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Ogaden · Somalia · Ethiopia

Estimated casualties

100Ksingle estimate · no range published

Somalia's invasion of the Ogaden region of Ethiopia in dispute over territory, resulting in Ethiopian victory with Soviet and Cuban support, demonstrating Cold War dynamics in Africa.

Belligerents2

Somalia
Ethiopia

Conflict graph

SUB-CONFLICTS · 3

Battle of Dire Dawa1977
Battle of Gode1977
Battle of Harer1977

Sources

Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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