Information concerning the above-mentioned subject is currently unavailable to the DIRB in Ottawa. However, according to an article in the August 1977 issue of The Washington Post, Ethiopia and Somalia accused each other of killing hundreds of civilians in the Ogaden desert war region (2 Aug. 1977).

An editor of the Los Angeles-based Ethiopian Review, a monthly magazine on Ethiopian issues published by Ethiopian exiles, stated that "atrocities" were common on both sides during the 1977 Somali-Ethiopian war (21 Sept. 1994). A professor of political science specializing in Ethiopian affairs at the University of Maryland stated that while he did not hear of the 1977 Macalgapti killings by Ethiopian soldiers, the government commonly instigated killings of those perceived as obstructing its goals (ibid). An Ethiopian professor of law at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, corroborated the information provided by the University of Maryland professor (21 Sept. 1994).

This response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.

Editor with the Ethiopian Review, Los Angeles. 21 September 1994. Telephone interview.

Professor of law at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va. 21 September 1994. Telephone interview.

Professor of political science, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore, Md. 21 September 1994. Telephone interview.

The Washington Post. 2 August 1977. Final Edition. "Civilian Slaughter Charged." (NEXIS)

The Washington Post. 2 August 1977. Final Edition. "Civilian Slaughter Charged." (NEXIS)

Africa Contemporary Record: Annual Survey and Documents. Yearly.

Africa South of the Sahara. Yearly.

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