battle, Cold War

1959 Aware Clashes

Name: 1959 Aware Clashes
Location: Aware, Ethiopia

1959 Aware Clashes was a battle fought in 1959 at Aware, in what is now Ethiopia. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Aware. The recorded result: ceasefire. Recorded strength: unknown against 300 tribesmen.

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Fought1959

WhereAware, Ethiopia8.583N, 44.000E, placed at the location, approximate

Outcomeceasefire

BelligerentsEthiopian Empire; Ogaden SomalisagainstIsaaq Tribesmen; Arap isaaqs; Habr Awal isaaqs

Casualties and lossesseveral Ethiopian troops killed; 3 vehicles capturedandseveral

Record

Date	1959 (year precision) to 1959
Place	Aware, Ethiopia 8.583N, 44.000E
Kind	Battle, Cold War
Strength	unknown	300 tribesmen
Casualties and losses	several Ethiopian troops killed; 3 vehicles captured	several
Commanders	Germame Neway

Placed at Aware; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Ual-Ual Incident 1934, 149 km S
British attack on Berbera 1827, 234 km NE
Battle of Das 1332, 424 km NW
Dervish War 1900, 442 km E
Siege of Aden 1513, 480 km N

Elsewhere in 1959

Challe Plan Algeria
Battle of Raf-Raf France

1959 Aware Clashes is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 62 in present-day Ethiopia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q141759486, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article 1959 Aware Clashes, revision 1382902718, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.