For more than ten years, many people from Ethiopia’s eastern Ogaden region have been battling for an autonomous state.
It is a hidden war that has seen many women take up arms.
Al Jazeera was given exclusive access to Ogaden.
Mohammed Adow has more on the fighters from the Ogaden National Liberation Front.
This week on One on One, meet young Sudanese hip-hop singer and activist Emmanuel Jal. Aged only seven, he became a child soldier sent from Sudan to fight in Ethiopia’s brutal war. Through a lot of luck and determination, he managed to turn his life around, becoming one of Africa’s hottest music stars.
This week on One on One, meet young Sudanese hip-hop singer and activist Emmanuel Jal. Aged only seven, he became a child soldier sent from Sudan to fight in Ethiopia’s brutal war. Through a lot of luck and determination, he managed to turn his life around, becoming one of Africa’s hottest music stars.
The USA is using a different approach in fighting terrorism in the horn of Africa. Al Jazeera’s Mohammed Adow reports on an Ethiopian school, where soldiers are using their hands to win hearts.
Al Jazeera’s Mohammed Adow talks to the Ethiopian prime minister about his country’s role in Somalia and asks him whether his country is, as the UN claims, on the verge of war with Eritrea.