Shekosh
Coordinates: 7 ° 22 ' N , 43 ° 55' E
Shekosh (also Sheygosh , Sheygoosh , Shikosh , Sheikosh , Shek Hosh ) is a place in the Korahe zone of the Somali region in Ethiopia . It is the capital of the woreda shekosh of the same name .
According to the Central Statistics Agency of Ethiopia for 2005, Shekosh had 5,658 inhabitants. In 1997, 99.55% of the 3,792 inhabitants were Somali , the remaining 17 inhabitants were Amharen , Gurage and Oromo .
Shekosh is affected by the conflict between the separatist Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) and the Ethiopian army. In 1997 an army vehicle was destroyed by a land mine nearby. The army then abducted the local Ugas (traditional leader) and mayor Mohamed Muhumed Fatulle and his nephew to the military base in Kebri Dehar , the two of whom were later found dead. The conflict in the Somali region has intensified since 2007. According to Human Rights Watch , prisoners were tortured at the Shekosh military base.
Shekosh has a market. In 2007, the Ethiopian Roads Authority began building a paved road from Kebri Dehar to Shekosh. The asphalt road connection to Degehabur is 97.2% complete.
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- ^ A b Save the Children / Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Agency: Agropastoralists under the threat of ecological and economic changes. Korahe Agropastoral Livelihood Zone ( Memento of the original from January 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 1.5 MB), 2004
- ↑ a b Human Rights Watch: Collective Punishment - War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity in the Ogaden area of Ethiopia's Somali Region , 2008
- ↑ The Nordic Africa Institute: Local History in Ethiopia (PDF)
- ↑ Central Ethiopian Statistics Agency : 2005 National Statistics, Section – B Population ( Memento of the original from February 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Table B.4 (PDF; 1.8 MB)
- ↑ The 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Somali Region, Volume I: Part I. Statistical Report on Population Size and Characteristics ( Memento of the original from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and still Not checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , 1998 (PDF; 51.8 MB), p. 74
- ↑ Mohamud H. Khalif, Martin Doornbos: The Somali Region in Ethiopia: A Neglected Human Rights Tragedy , in: Review of African Political Economy , Vol. 29, No. 91, March 2002, p. 84
- ↑ Somalistate.com: ERA building asphalt roads with 600mln birr in Somali State ( Memento of the original from February 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , December 1, 2007
- ^ Ethiopian Road Construction Corporation: Degehabour – Kebridehare Road Upgrading Project , March 6, 2009
