Ethiopia–Somalia border

From 1977 to 1978, Ethiopia and Somalia fought in the Ogaden War led by Colonel Mengistu Haile Mariam and General Siad Barre respectively.

Somalia is located at the base of Ethiopia's protrude southeast region; from the South, it is bounded by Wabi Shebelle and Genale Valley.

[1] During the Scramble for Africa in 1884, a large portion of Somalia region fell under the British protectorate established through a number of Anglo-Somali Treaties of Protection.

[3][4] The result of ignoring the Anglo-Italian Treaty, was Gadabuursi tribes being under British protectorate, Menelik penetrated Somali territory in 1896, by building some grass hits at Alola, a spring located in the south-east of Biyo Kabobe.

[5] In 1907 Anglo-Ethiopian Agreement demarcated the British East African protectorate (Kenya), placing Italian Somaliland in a rectangular point where Dewa and Genale rivers conjoin.

In reaction, the National United Front (NUF) was formed in March 1955 to reclaim the regions under British protectorate, leading up to violent series of clashes and conflicts.

[8][10]Following Somalia's independence in 1960, its successive government took renewed campaign of what they called "lost territories", raising the issues to international communities like the United Nations and Organization of Islamic countries.