Horn of Africa Communities in the UK held a mass demonstration
Ogaden Online - January 17, 2008

Thousands of the People of Ogaden, Somalis, Eritrean, Oromo and other troubled nations of the people of Horn of Africa joined a protest in London’s Downing Street against the U.K and USA aid to the Ethiopian Government. Protesters waved hundreds of the flags of Ogaden, Somalia, Oromo and Eritrean.

The event aimed to explain the views of the people of Horn of Africa towards the atrocities committed by the Ethiopian Prime Minister and his merciless soldiers who massacred thousands of innocent people in Ogaden and Somalia, the destruction of hundreds of villages in Ogaden and Gambella, the imprisonments, torture and killing of Oromo people and the illegal occupation of Somalia and the Eritrean sovereign territory.

Masses of demonstrators travelled from all over the England cities arrived at the rally called The Horn of Africa United for Peace and Stability which started peacefully at 12:00 GMT on Wednesday.

Representatives from the Horn of Africa United for Peace and Stability handed the appeal letter to the Prime Minister and talked to the Foreign Office desk officials. The event was very successful and was organized by the Horn Of African Peace and Stability Forum, a youth organization consisting of Ogaden Students Forum, Somali Youth, Eritrean Youth and Oromo Youth in the UK ...