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Ethiopia frequently suffered from droughts throughout its history. Under his office, major droughts occurred in 1999/2000, [51] 2002/2003 [52] and 2009/2010. [53] Meles government encouraged collectivist land reforms and redistribution at local levels. However, the constitution deemed has shortcomings.
Dawit I [2] (Ge'ez: ዳዊት) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1382 to 6 October 1413, [3] and a member of the Solomonic dynasty. He was the younger son of Newaya Krestos . Reign
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.
According to Ethiopian officials, the state funeral was attended by hundreds of political and public figures from around the world, most of them African leaders, including South African President Jacob Zuma and Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir. Among regional leaders, President Jacob Zuma praised Meles and said Ethiopia lost "a patriot and a ...
Dawit II (Ge'ez: ዳዊት; c. 1496 – 2 September 1540), also known by the macaronic name Wanag Segad (ወናግ ሰገድ, to whom the lions bow), better known by his birth name Lebna Dengel (Amharic: ልብነ ድንግል, essence of the virgin), was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1508 to 1540, whose political center and palace was in Shewa.
Meles Zenawi in 2012. The premiership of Meles Zenawi began in August 1995 following the 1995 Ethiopian general election and ended upon his death on 20 August 2012. Whilst serving as Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Meles Zenawi concurrently served as the Leader of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) and Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF).
Dawit Kebede (Amharic: ዳዊት ከበደ; born 11 September 1980 in Adwa) is an Ethiopian journalist who spent 21 months as a political prisoner after criticising his country's government in the lead up to the 2005 general election. [2] He was released on a presidential pardon nearly two years later and sought asylum in the United States in 2011.
Ethiopia Human Rights Council: Listed the names of detainees and condemned the mass arrests of media groups and public defenders. [25] Ethiopian Human Rights Defenders Center (EHRDC): the group called on the Ethiopian government to the immediate release of journalists and to stop the restriction of access to the free flow of information. [26]