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. The Ogaden dispute between Ethiopia and Somalia is an issue left by the colonialists of the West. Massive military intervention by the Soviet Union and Cuba in the Horn of Africa has been strongly denounced by the Somali side. Some African and Arab countries have shown grave anxiety over the situation in the Horn of Africa brought about by the Soviet Union's pouring oil on the flames. Western political circles and opinion have been worried about Soviet expansion in the Horn of Africa. French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing stressed that the big powers should discontinue their shipment of arms to the region. Moscow desires to control the Red Sea and the Suez Canal which is the sea route and oil transport line vital to Western Europe.
