PORTLAND (NEWS CENTER) — Members of Maine’s Somali community got together for a rally in Portland Friday. The group held a demonstration against the Ethiopian sponsored genocide in Mogadishu and Ogaden.

It was one year ago Friday that Ethiopian troops illegally invaded Somalia. Those troops are still there. Organizers of the rally they wanted to express their sadness about what is happeneing to their families back home.A few dozen people took part in the demonstration.

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