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Twenty years later, the Somali region of Ethiopia remained underdeveloped and insecure. A tank in Addis Ababa after rebels seized the capital during the Ethiopian Civil War From 1977 through early 1978, thousands of suspected enemies of the Derg were tortured and/or killed in a purge called the Qey Shibir ("Red Terror").
View history; General ... This is a timeline of History of Ethiopia. Each article deals with events in Ethiopia in a given year. Twentieth century. 1990s
1935 – Haile Selassie exiled to England in Fairfield House, Bath, made him 1935 Time Man of the Year. [49] [50] 9 May 1936 – Mussolini proclaims Italian Ethiopia with the assumption of the imperial title by the Italian King Vittorio Emanuele III. [51] 9 June 1936 – Ethiopia was annexed as Italian East Africa
The Ethiopian calendar leap year is every four without exception, while Gregorian centurial years are only leap years when exactly divisible by 400; thus, a set of corresponding dates will most often apply for a single century. As the Gregorian year 2000 is a leap year, the current correspondence lasts two centuries instead. [citation needed]
Ethiopia Sennar Sultanate: Defeat. Iyasu II's army defeated; Several of the Ethiopian Emperor's valuables lost; Zemene Mesafint (1769–1855) Various factions: Various factions: Reunification of Ethiopia. Tewodros II becomes Emperor; Ottoman–Ethiopian border conflicts (1832–1848) Ethiopia Egypt: Victory. Ethiopia retains territorial ...
Ethiopia is often considered as the birthplace of coffee since cultivation began in the 9th century. [254] Exports from Ethiopia in the 2009–2010 financial year totalled US$1.4 billion. [255] Ethiopia produces more coffee than any other nation on the continent. [256] "Coffee provides a livelihood for close to 15 million Ethiopians, 16% of the ...
Before unemployed labourer Ayalew Wedajo voted in Monday's Ethiopian election, he prayed for the soul of his eldest son Getinet, killed in a pro-democracy demonstration 16 years ago. Prime ...
King of Italy, proclaimed Emperor of Ethiopia after Italian victory in the Second Italo-Ethiopian War; the title was contested by Haile Selassie in exile. Italian defeat in the East African campaign of World War II, and later Italian capitulation, ended Italian pretensions of rulership over Ethiopia. Savoy