UPSC Prelims 2008 · General Studies

Question 79: International Relations and Current Affairs

Ogaden region has been a source of conflict between which countries?

aMorocco and Algeria

bNigeria and Cameroon

cAngola and Zambia

dEthiopia and Somalia

AnswerThe answer is (d).

The Ogaden is a largely Somali-inhabited region in south-eastern Ethiopia. Somalia has long claimed it, and the two countries fought the Ogaden War of 1977-78, in which Ethiopia, helped by the Soviet Union and Cuba, defeated Somalia. The other options are different disputes: Morocco and Algeria over Western Sahara, and Nigeria and Cameroon over the Bakassi peninsula.

Why each option is right or wrong

(a) Morocco and Algeria are linked with the Western Sahara dispute.
(b) Nigeria and Cameroon disputed the Bakassi peninsula.
(c) Angola and Zambia are not linked with the Ogaden.
(d) Ethiopia and Somalia contested the Ogaden.

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