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Jijiga (Somali:
Jigjiga, Amharic: ጅጅጋ, Jijiga) is the
capital city of
Somali Region, Ethiopia. It
became the
capital of the
Somali Region in 1995 after...
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between 1890 and 1899,
those residing in the
plains around the
settlement of
Jigjiga were in
particular targeted. The
escalating frequency and
violence of the...
- The
Battle of
Jigjiga was
fought on
March 5, 1900
between the
Ethiopian Empire and the
Dervish movement. The Dervishes, led by
Sayyid Muḥammad ibn 'Abdallāh...
- Isaaq,
along with
Darood subclans pushed westwards into the
plains of
Jigjiga and further,
beyond where they pla**** a
important role in the Adal Sultanate's...
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Abdullah Tahir was a Yemeni-Ethiopian
governor of
Jigjiga in
Ethiopia at the end of the
nineteenth century.
Abdullah was of
Yemeni descent and
spent his...
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Service claimed it had
foiled a
series of
attacks planned by al-Shabaab in
Jigjiga and
several other cities in
Somali Region.
During March 2024, the Ethiopian...
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Fafan (Somali: Faafan) is a zone in
Somali Region of Ethiopia. It was
previously known as the
Jijiga zone, so
named after its
largest city, Jijiga. Other...
- of the
Somali mentioned in the ****uh al
Habasha who
today live
around Jigjiga, the
presumed location of
Gidaya state.
Gidaya rose to
prominence due their...
- or Hawa Osman,
belonged to the
Jidwaq Abaskuul clan
which settled the
Jigjiga and
Middle Juba
region of Somalia, as well as the
Fafan Zone
valleys in...
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Somali Region,
especially in and
around the
cities of Chinaksen,
Harar and
Jigjiga As a Ali
Madahweyn Dir sub-clan, the
Jaarso have
immediate lineal ties...
