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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...
- 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...
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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...
- Ethiopia.
Jigjiga University was
established in 2005 with 714 students,
expanding to take in c. 1,500
students in 2008, and c. 2,800 in 2009. The
Jigjiga University...
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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...
- 1996.
Another was in
March of that year, when they
raided areas in the
Jigjiga Zone
controlled by the
Abskuul clan,
apparently in
collaboration with disaffected...
- Additionally, the
British also
handed over
lands east of the city of
Jigjiga which had
never been
administered by the
Ethiopian Empire.
During the late...
- 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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Dollo Zone
Korahe Zone
Shabelle Zone
Afder Zone
Liben Zone
Dhawa Zone
Jigjiga Special Zone Tog
Wajale Special Zone
Degehabur Special Zone Gode Special...
- Galkacyo, Kismaayo, Bosaso, and Garowe.
Darod are also the
largest clan in
Jigjiga in Ethiopia, and
Garissa in
Northern Kenya. The
Darod clan has produced...
