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September 14, 2007 03:16 PM

Humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia

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Fatima Abdi Mohammed, 40, with her one-year-old child inside an Ethiopian refugee camp in Bossasso, Somalia. Refugees in Bossasso describe a terrifying crackdown by the Ethiopian military in the Ogaden that may already have claimed hundreds of lives.
Fatima Abdi Mohammed, 40, with her one-year-old child inside an Ethiopian refugee camp in Bossasso, Somalia. Refugees in Bossasso describe a terrifying crackdown by the Ethiopian military in the Ogaden that may already have claimed hundreds of lives. Shashank Bengali/MCT
Shopkeeper Mohammed Ali Farah, 40, says the four-month Ethiopian military crackdown in the rebel Ogaden region is the bloodiest he's ever seen.
Shopkeeper Mohammed Ali Farah, 40, says the four-month Ethiopian military crackdown in the rebel Ogaden region is the bloodiest he's ever seen. Shashank Bengali/MCT
A boy stands in an Ethiopian refugee camp in Bossasso, Somalia.  Refugees in Bossasso describe a terrifying crackdown by the Ethiopian military in the Ogaden that may already have claimed hundreds of lives.
A boy stands in an Ethiopian refugee camp in Bossasso, Somalia. Refugees in Bossasso describe a terrifying crackdown by the Ethiopian military in the Ogaden that may already have claimed hundreds of lives. Shashank Bengali/MCT
Ahmed Mohammed Abdi, left, a 35-year-old farmer, describes how his wife was strangled to death by Ethiopian soldiers as another refugee, Abdurahman Dahir, looks on.
Ahmed Mohammed Abdi, left, a 35-year-old farmer, describes how his wife was strangled to death by Ethiopian soldiers as another refugee, Abdurahman Dahir, looks on. MCT
"There is killing 24 hours," said Ardo Abdi, a 20-year-old refugee from the town of Degehabur in the Ogaden region of Ethiopia. "When you wake up every morning you hear that four or five people were killed last night," Abdi said.
"There is killing 24 hours," said Ardo Abdi, a 20-year-old refugee from the town of Degehabur in the Ogaden region of Ethiopia. "When you wake up every morning you hear that four or five people were killed last night," Abdi said. Shashank Bengali/MCT
Fatima Abdi Mohammed, 40, with her two youngest children inside their hut in an Ethiopian refugee camp in Bossasso, Somalia. Mohammed fled her village in the Ogaden region of Ethiopia this month after Ethiopian soldiers burned down her house and beat her, she said.
Fatima Abdi Mohammed, 40, with her two youngest children inside their hut in an Ethiopian refugee camp in Bossasso, Somalia. Mohammed fled her village in the Ogaden region of Ethiopia this month after Ethiopian soldiers burned down her house and beat her, she said. Shashank Bengali/MCT
A mother and child walk through an Ethiopian refugee camp. Hundreds of Ethiopians have arrived in Bossasso in recent weeks, fleeing a crackdown by the Ethiopian government in the remote eastern Ogaden region, home to a long-running separatist group called the Ogaden National Liberation Front.
A mother and child walk through an Ethiopian refugee camp. Hundreds of Ethiopians have arrived in Bossasso in recent weeks, fleeing a crackdown by the Ethiopian government in the remote eastern Ogaden region, home to a long-running separatist group called the Ogaden National Liberation Front. MCT
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