ABSTRACT
Fierce contention between the two hegemonic powers, and especially Soviet intervention and instigation, has steadily aggravated the dispute between Ethiopia and Somalia over Ogaden. Lately, with a massive flow of Soviet arms and men into the Horn of Africa, the flames of war in this region are spreading, engulfing the Horn of Africa in mounting tension. The Ogaden dispute between Ethiopia and Somalia is an issue left over from the last century by the colonialists of the West. Somalia stands for national self-determination by the Somalis living in the region and gives support to the Western Somali Liberation Front founded in Ogaden in 1963 for national self-determination and independence. Ethiopia maintains that Ogaden is a part of Ethiopian territory. Massive military intervention by the Soviet Union and Cuba in the Horn of Africa has been strongly denounced by the Somali side.
