Why The Cubans Trained EPLF Soldiers Before The Ogaden War?
By Lt. Stephanie S. Kessler (1991) Here is the Genesis of the Cuban-Ethiopian relations. Many Ethiopians mistakenly think that Castro helped free Ethiopia from Somalia occupation. The truth of the matter is the Soviet Union wanted to dominate Africa and find a way to strangle trade on the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. The Russians…