1959 Aware Clashes

Skirmishes in Haud Region, Ethiopian Empire 1959 Aware Clashes November-December 1959 Aware (woreda), Haud, Ethiopian Empire ceasefire Flag of the Ethiopian Empire.svg Ethiopian EmpireOgaden Somalis Isaaq Flag.svg Isaaq Arap isaaqs Habr Awal isaaqs Flag of the Ethiopian Empire.svg Germame Neway Flag of the Ethiopian Empire.svg Ethiopian corporal unknown unknown 300 tribesmen several Ethiopian troops killed3 vehicles captured several The 1959 Aware Clashes were a series of skirmishes in late November and early December 1959 in the Aware region of the Haud, near the border between British Somaliland and Ethiopian Empire between Isaaq tribesmen, mainly Arap and Habr Awal Isaaqs, and Ethiopian troops. Clashes In 1954, Britain and Ethiopia signed the Anglo-Ethiopian Agreement, which transferred administrative control of the Haud to Imperial Ethiopia while guaranteeing grazing rights to British-protected Somali tribes, a legal transfer strongly opposed by local Somali clans who viewed the area as their territory.Geshekter Charles L. 1985 Anti-Colonialism and Class Formation: The Eastern Horn of Africa before 1950 https://www.jstor.org/stable/217972 The International Journal of African Historical Studies 18 1 1–32 10.2307/217972 217972 0361-7882 subscription Abdullahi, Mohamed Diriye. *Culture and Customs of Somalia*. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2001.Marcus, Harold G. *A History of Ethiopia*. University of California Press, 1994. On November 29, 1959, members of the Arap Isaaq tribe from the Somaliland Protectorate launched an attack against members of the Ogaden tribe from Ethiopia in the Awareh area of the Haud, a territory where British-protected Somalis maintained recognized grazing rights. This initial inter-tribal clash resulted in the death of one Ogaden Somali and the looting of livestock. Shortly thereafter, Ethiopian security forces proceeded directly to the area under the mandate of restoring order. However, as state security forces intervened, further fighting erupted between the armed troops and the local tribesmen.Lipsky George A. American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Areas Studies Division 1964 U.S. Army Area Handbook for Ethiopia https://www.google.no/books/edition/Area_Handbook_for_Ethiopia/JlwBAAAAMAAJ U.S. Department of the Army 417House of Commons 1960 Parliamentary Debates (Hansard): Official Report 615 https://www.google.no/books/edition/Parliamentary_Debates_Hansard/xsUtAAAAYAAJ H.M. Stationery Office 183 The Ethiopian forces met seven armed Habr Awal tribesmen. Fire was exchanged and one Habr Awal was killed and one Ethiopian Police Corporal who was wounded died later.Commons 1959-12-04 The Haud (Tribal Fighting) https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/1959-12-04/debates/530ba75d-b3df-4e27-83c3-dffc88a685dd/TheHaud(TribalFighting) Two Habr Awal tribesmen were captured with their arms and the Ethiopian force then returned to Awareh. By the end of these subsequent engagements, the total death toll mounted to six, claiming the lives of three Ethiopian security personnel and three Arap pastoralists.Commons 1959-12-04 The Haud (Tribal Fighting) https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/1959-12-04/debates/530ba75d-b3df-4e27-83c3-dffc88a685dd/TheHaud(TribalFighting) Next morning a force of about thirty-five Ethiopian Police and Frontier Guards left Awareh, and a fight took place with some three hundred Somali tribesmen, mainly Arap, at a point about fifteen miles north-west of Awareh. The Ethiopians have reported that four of their men were killed, three wounded and three rifles lost. Somali casualties were three killed and three wounded.House of Commons 1960 Parliamentary Debates (Hansard): Official Report 615 https://www.google.no/books/edition/Parliamentary_Debates_Hansard/xsUtAAAAYAAJ H.M. Stationery Office 183 Two Ethiopian vehicles and one were lost.House of Commons 1960 Parliamentary Debates (Hansard): Official Report 615 https://www.google.no/books/edition/Parliamentary_Debates_Hansard/xsUtAAAAYAAJ H.M. Stationery Office 183 Commons 1959-12-04 The Haud (Tribal Fighting) https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/1959-12-04/debates/530ba75d-b3df-4e27-83c3-dffc88a685dd/TheHaud(TribalFighting) Aftermath In the aftermath, the Ethiopian District Governor and British liaison staff initiated joint investigations on the ground to prevent additional hostilities, while the incident triggered intense Parliamentary debates in London regarding the security of British-protected clans grazing across the frontier and the underlying friction caused by the 1954 Anglo-Ethiopian Agreement.House of Commons 1960 Parliamentary Debates (Hansard): Official Report 615 https://www.google.no/books/edition/Parliamentary_Debates_Hansard/xsUtAAAAYAAJ H.M. Stationery Office 183 Commons 1959-12-04 The Haud (Tribal Fighting) https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/1959-12-04/debates/530ba75d-b3df-4e27-83c3-dffc88a685dd/TheHaud(TribalFighting) Lipsky George A. American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Areas Studies Division 1964 U.S. Army Area Handbook for Ethiopia https://www.google.no/books/edition/Area_Handbook_for_Ethiopia/JlwBAAAAMAAJ U.S. Department of the Army 417 References Category:Ogaden Category:1959 in British Somaliland Category:November 1959 in Africa Category:1959 conflicts Category:Battles involving the Ethiopian Empire Category:20th-century history of the British Army