 Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Apo Somalia yakapinda muEthiopia muna July 1977 muHondo yeOgaden, Hondo Yemashoko yakaita basa. VaSoviet, avo vakanga vagara vachitsigira Somalia, zvino vakachinja kutsigira utongi hwaMarx muEthiopia. United States yakaramba isina kwayakarerekera nemhaka yokuti Somalia yakanga iri pachena rudzi rwunopinda nechisimba, uye muna 1978 nebetsero yavarwi veCuba 20 000, Ethiopia yakakunda Somalia. Kubudirira kunokosha zvikurusa kweAmerica kwakanga kuri kubetsera kuchinja kubva muSouthern Rhodesia yaidzorwa navachena kuenda mukutonga kwavatema muZimbabwe. United States yakatsigira zvisarudzo zveUN nezvirango izvo zvakaratidza kuva zvinobudirira muna April 1980. Pasinei zvapo nekunetseka kwekodzero dzevanhu, Carter akaramba achitsigira US kuna Joseph Mobutu weZaire, uyo akakunda vapanduki vaitsigirwa neAngola muhondo dzaizivikanwa seShaba I.uye Shaba II. 