Ethiopia assumed its current modern border to the south and east after fighting off invaders that came from south , resulting in the borders of modern Ethiopia. With the collapse of the Soviet Union, and with the rise of radical Islamism, Ethiopia again turned to the Western powers for alliance and assistance. The Emperor returned from exile and the country became one of the founding members of the United Nations. The government's failure to adequately respond to the 1973 Wollo famine, the growing discontent of urban interest groups, and high fuel prices due to the 1973 oil crisis led to a revolt in February 1974 by the army and civilian populace. [51], From the reign of Amde Tseyon, Chewa regiments, or legions, formed the backbone of the Empire military forces. The Derg summarily executed 59 members of the former government, including two former prime ministers and crown councilors, court officials, ministers, and generals. The earliest Muslim state in Ethiopia, the Makhzumi dynasty with its capital in Wahal, Hararghe region succeeds Queen Yodit. According to the Kebra Nagast, Menelik I founded the Ethiopian empire in the 10thcentury BC. [61], Ethiopia was never colonized by a European power, but was occupied by Italians in 1936 (see below); however, several colonial powers had interests and designs on Ethiopia in the context of the 19th-century "Scramble for Africa. ", Richard Pankhurst, "Education in Ethiopia during the Italian fascist occupation (1936-1941). Despite several attempted invasions across the Red Sea, Kaleb was unable to dislodge Abreha, and acquiesced in the change; this was the last time Ethiopian armies left Africa until the 20th century CE when several units participated in the Korean War. David Buxton remarked that the Zagwe achieved 'a degree of stability and technical advancement seldom equalled in Abyssinian history'. Emperor Haile Selassie pleaded to the League of Nations for aid in resisting the Italians. The Portuguese presence also increased, while the Ottomans began to push into what is now Eritrea, creating the Habesh Eyalet. In the early fourth century, during the reign of Ezana, Christianity was declared the state religion. At one point during the next century, the last of Yodit's successors were overthrown by an Agaw lord named Mara Takla Haymanot, who founded the Zagwe dynasty (named after the Agaw people who ruled during this time) and married a female descendant of the Aksumite monarchs ("son-in-law") or previous ruler. Originally thought to have been in the Orient, eventually the search for Prester John's mythical kingdom focused on Africa and particularly, the Christian empire in Ethiopia. Upon his return with some of the Israelite priests, however, he found that Zadok's son had stolen the real Ark of the Covenant. [11], Some of the earliest known evidence of early stone-tipped projectile weapons (a characteristic tool of Homo sapiens), the stone tips of javelins or throwing spears, were discovered in 2013 at the site of Gademotta, and date to around 279,000 years ago. 2020 November - Tensions with Tigray region after a state election deemed unconstitutional escalate as the federal government sends in troops. In Gona stone tools were uncovered in 1992 that were 2.52 million years old, the oldest such tools discovered anywhere in the world. Mentewab had herself crowned as co-ruler, becoming the first woman to be crowned in this manner in Ethiopian history. Emperor Haile Selassie died on August 22, 1975. Richard Pankhurst, The Ethiopian Borderlands (Trenton: Red Sea Press, 1997), pp. November 4, 2020: Tigray regional forces launch surprise attack. Abraha later made peace with Kaleb's successor and recognized his suzerainty. Noah Webster, The Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments, in the Common Version, p. xiv. During the conflict, the Adal Sultanate employed cannons provided by the Ottoman Empire. [115], Protests broke out across the country, many from the largest ethnic group, the Oromo, in 2016 demanding an end to human rights abuses and the release of political prisoners. International Crisis Group, "Ethnic Federalism and its Discontents". Richard Lobban, Historical Dictionary of Ancient and Medieval Nubia, Scarecrow Press, 2004. p.11i. Emperor Menelik II, now residing in Addis Ababa, subjugated many peoples and kingdoms in what is now western, southern, and eastern Ethiopia, like Kaffa, Welayta, Aussa, and the Oromos. [27] Gudit's origin has been extensively debated. Regional warlords fought for power, with the emperor being a mere puppet. Some historians date the murder of Iyasu I, and the resultant decline in the prestige of the dynasty, as the beginning of the Ethiopian Zemene Mesafint ("Era of the Princes"), a time of disorder when the power of the monarchy was eclipsed by the power of local warlords. "[62], When Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom, in 1867 failed to answer a letter Tewodros II of Ethiopia had sent her, he took it as an insult and imprisoned several British residents, including the consul. ", "F. M. Est. However, the 1973 Wollo famine and domestic discontent led to the fall of the Empire in 1974. The . His full title was "His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I, Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah, King of Kings of Ethiopia and Elect of God.". Wubit waited for the accession of her own son to make a bid for the power wielded for so long by Mentewab and her relatives from Qwara. The Geez term for these regiments is ewa () while the Amharic term is wa (). Notable philosophers from that area are Zera Yacob and Walda Heywat. South African Econmic Development. After World War II, Emperor Haile Selassie made numerous efforts to promote the modernization of his nation. 2006 November - Ethiopian troops enter Somalia to oust al-Shabab Islamists controlling large parts of the country. [90] The King of Italy (Victor Emmanuel III) was crowned Emperor of Ethiopia and the Italians created an Italian empire in Africa (Italian East Africa) with Ethiopia, Eritrea and Italian Somalia, with its capital Addis Abeba. In response to Bermudes message, a Portuguese fleet under the command of Estvo da Gama, was sent from India and arrived at Massawa in February 1541. Ethiopia rejects this interpretation. Scholars believe the Oromo converted to Islam as a means of preserving their identity and a bulwark against assimilation into Ethiopia. It saw relative peace, the successful integration of the Oromo and a flourishing of culture. One inscription which was found at Axum states that he conquered the nation of the Bogos, and returned thanks to his father, the god Mars, for his victory. "Growing up in Ethiopia, fluency in English was considered a mark of progress and elite status." Credit: UNICEF Ethiopia. pp. The dynasty would last until its overthrow by a new regime claiming descent from the old Aksumite kings. Inscriptions have been found in southern Arabia celebrating victories over one GDRT, described as "nagashi of Habashat [i.e. [2] The Aksumite empire fell into decline with the rise of Islam in the Arabian peninsula, which slowly shifted trade away from the Christian Aksum. The building of rock-hewn churches, which first appeared in the late Aksumite era and continued into the Solomonic dynasty, reached its peak under the Zagwe. In 1529, the Adal Sultanate's forces led by Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi invaded the Ethiopian Empire in what is known as the EthiopianAdal war. 1818-68 - Lij Kasa conquers Amhara, Gojjam, Tigray and Shoa. His father was a small local chief, and his relative (possibly uncle) Dejazmach Kinfu was governor of the provinces of Dembiya, Qwara and Chelga between Lake Tana and the northwestern frontier. Ethiopia sent logistical support to the Transitional Federal Government opposing the Islamists. A provisional treaty of peace was concluded at Addis Ababa on October 26, 1896, which acknowledged the independence of Ethiopia. Eritrea regained its independence after a referendum in 1993. Mengistu's years in office were marked by a totalitarian-style government and the country's massive militarization, financed by the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc, and assisted by Cuba. One of the Chewa regiments, known as the Abe Lahm in Geez, or the Weregenu, in Oromo, lasted, and participated to the Battle of Adwa, only to be phased out in the 1920s.[56]. In 1509, Empress Dowager Eleni, the underage Emperor's regent, sent an Armenian named Matthew to the king of Portugal to request his aid against the Muslims. Reports immediately emerged of religious fundamentalist forces occupying one of two former Ethiopian bases in Mogadishu shortly after withdrawal. The degree of Ezana's control over Yemen is uncertain. 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Mentewab's attempt to strengthen ties between the monarchy and the Oromo by arranging the marriage of her son to the daughter of an Oromo chieftain backfired in the long run. This resulted in the establishment of the Federal Democratic Republic under Meles Zenawi. Feb 13, 1869. Is climate change killing Australian wine? [citation needed], By 1974, Ethiopia was one of only three countries in the world to have the title of emperor for its head of state, together with Japan and Iran. c. 3500 BCE. In the 14th century Emperor Amda Seyon would invade Ifat and essentially dismantle it as a regional power. On March 1, 1896, Ethiopia's conflict with the Italians, the First ItaloEthiopian War, was resolved by the complete defeat of the Italian armed forces at the Battle of Adowa. [55], The Sultanate was subsequently re-established by Kedafu around the year 1734, and was thereafter ruled by his Mudaito dynasty. The invasion was condemned by the League of Nations, though not much was done to end the hostility. 8295. AP World History Timline. Around 523 CE, the Jewish king Dhu Nuwas came to power in Yemen and after he announcing that he would kill all of the Christians, he attacked an Aksumite garrison at Zafar, burning the city's churches. The Emperor declared Eritrea the fourteenth province of Ethiopia in 1962. ", Pierre Guidi, "For good, God, and the Empire: French Franciscan sisters in Ethiopia 18961937.". 1889 - Addis Ababa becomes Ethiopia's capital. Sir Robert Napier was raised to the peerage, and given the title of Lord Napier of Magdala.[63]. Tewodros II and Tekle Giyorgis II (18551872), Iyasu V, Zauditu and Haile Selassie (19131936), Tigray People's Liberation Front dominance (19912018). Eritrea became an autonomous part of Ethiopia in 1952, until its war of independence. Ethiopia and Italy invaded Africa and remain uncolonized 1940. In order to bind him to them, the Empress arranged for Kassa to marry Ali's daughter. 2019 June - Army chief Seare Mekonnen and Amhara State Governor Ambachew Mekonnen killed while putting down coup attempt against the federal government. Sahle Maryam of Shewa was married to Tewodros II's daughter Alitash. Then, once he had . Pankhurst, "Education in Ethiopia during the Italian fascist occupation (1936-1941)." Imperialism Stuff. Beckingham and G.B.W. Twentieth Century African Art. [60] Although Kassa's army was outnumbered 12,000 to the emperor's 60,000, Kassa's army was equipped with more modern weapons and better trained. Much of these improvements were part of a plan to bring half a million Italians to colonize the Ethiopian plateaus. It was the most important center of commerce for the Empire.[53]. The Derg deposed and imprisoned the Emperor on 12 September 1974 and chose Lieutenant General Aman Andom, a popular military leader and a Sandhurst graduate, to be acting head of state. In 1887 Menelik king of Shewa invaded the Emirate of Harar after his victory at the Battle of chelenqo.[64]. The king died during the night, and his body fell into the hands of the enemy (March 9, 1889). About 1000 (presumably c. 960, though the date is uncertain), a Jewish princess, Yodit(Judith) or nicknamed "Gudit", conspired to murder all the members of the royal family and establish herself as monarch. [98] The Negus suffered criticism due to the expenses involved in fighting the Nationalist forces. The Sahara desert begins to spread in Africa due to . [81], War crimes were committed by both sides in this conflict. [42] Saladin, after retaking the Holy City in 1187, expressly invited the Ethiopian monks to return and even exempted Ethiopian pilgrims from the pilgrim tax. Under Menelik II Ethiopia started its transformation to well organized technological advancement and the structure that the country has now. The Age of Imperialism is considered 1800 - 1914. In July 1977, sensing the disarray in Ethiopia, Somalia attacked across the Ogaden in pursuit of its irredentist claims to the ethnic Somali areas of Ethiopia (see Ogaden War). When Menelik II died, his grandson, Lij Iyassu, succeeded to the throne but soon lost support because of his Muslim ties. on the death of Emperor Tewoflos, the chief nobles of Ethiopia feared that the cycle of vengeance that had characterized the reigns of Tewoflos and Tekle Haymanot I would continue if a member of the Solomonic dynasty were picked for the throne, so they selected one of their own, Yostos to be negusa nagast (king of kings) however his tenure was brief. While it was once believed that D'mt was a Sabaean colony, it is now believed that Sabaean influence was minor, limited to a few localities, and disappeared after a few decades or a century, perhaps representing a trading or military colony in some sort of symbiosis or military alliance with the civilization of Dmt or some other proto-Aksumite state. Textbooks featured the glory and power of Mussolini and promoted military careers. After the death of Emperor Yohannes IV, Italy signed a treaty with Shewa (an autonomous kingdom within the empire), creating the protectorate of Abyssinia. Farmers and herders travel south from Ethiopia and settle in Kenya. In 1865, Sahle Maryam escaped from Magdala, abandoning his wife, and arrived in Shewa, and was there acclaimed as Negus. On February 11, 1855, Kassa deposed the last of the Gondarine puppet Emperors, and was crowned negusa nagast of Ethiopia under the name of Tewodros II. The "Scramble for Africa" between 1870 and 1914 was a significant period of European imperialism in Africa that ended with almost all of Africa, and its natural resources, being controlled as colonies by a small number of European states.Racing to secure as much land as possible while avoiding conflict amongst themselves, the partition of Africa was confirmed in the Berlin Agreement of 1885 . [70], In the parliamentary structure, the Chamber of Deputies consisted of 250 members elected every four years, whereas the Senate consisted of one-half of the Deputies (125) and were appointed by the Emperor in every six years.[71]. By the early 1970s Emperor Haile Selassie's advanced age was becoming apparent. [103] The Derg decided in November 1974 to pursue war in Eritrea rather than seek a negotiated settlement. However, the delegates' admonitions did little to stop Europeans from referring to the monarch as their mythical Christian king, Prester John. Emperor Tewodros II (r. 18551868) put an end to that state, reunified the Empire and led it into the modern period before dying during the British Expedition to Abyssinia. 1977 - Colonel Mengistu Haile Mariam emerges as leader of the Derg pro-Soviet military regime. Imperialism in Africa. [122], Fano is an Amhara youth group in Ethiopia, perceived as either a protest group or an armed militia. [10] In 2004 fossils found near the Omo river at Kibbish by Richard Leakey in 1967 were redated to 195,000 years old, the oldest date in East Africa for modern Homo sapiens. [113], In 2006, an Islamic organisation seen by many as having ties with al-Qaeda, the Islamic Courts Union (ICU), spread rapidly in Somalia. The movement grew strong enough that the emperor Dawit I, after first trying to crush the movement, legalized their observance of the Sabbath and proselytization of their faith. On 16 February 2018, the government declared a six-month nationwide state of emergency following the resignation of Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn who said he wanted to clear the way for reforms. The new regime in Ethiopia met with armed resistance from the large landowners, the royalists and the nobility. [18], Ancient Greek historians such as Herodotus and Diodorus Siculus used the word Aethiopia () in reference to the peoples who live immediately to the south of ancient Egypt, specifically, the area which is now known as the ancient Kingdom of Kush, now a part of modern-day Nubia in Egypt and Sudan, and generally, all of Sub-Saharan Africa. Coins showing the royal portrait began to be minted under King Endubis toward the end of the 3rd century CE. Reacting to these challenges, in the 1630s Emperor Fasilides founded the new capital of Gondar, marking the start of a new golden age known as the Gondarine period. Ethiopia was reunified in 1855 under Tewodros II, beginning its modern history and his reign was followed by Yohannes IV who was killed in action in 1889. Homo sapiens idaltu, found in the Middle Awash in Ethiopia in 1997, lived about 160,000 years ago. Tewodoros afterwards devoted himself to modernizing and centralizing the legal and administrative structure of his kingdom, against the resistance of his governors. As the result of the agreement, Abiy Ahmed received the Nobel Peace Prize 2019. 1930 - Zawditu dies and is succeeded by Ras Tafari Makonnen, who becomes Emperor Haile Selassie I. Here are some key dates in Ethiopian political history: * March 20, 1878 - Ethiopia's battling emperors Yohannes IV and Menelik II come face-to-face to thrash out their differences. The name Aethiopia comes from the ancient Greek word "Aethiops" (burned-look).[19]. Fasilides also constructed several churches in Gondar, many bridges across the country, and expanded the Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion in Aksum. Power was vested in the Emperor and those aristocrats he appointed to execute his power, and the power enforcing instrument consisted of a class of soldiers, the chewa. [49], According to Bahrey,[50] there were ten social groups in the feudal Ethiopia of his time, i.e. International Crisis Group, "Ethnic Federalism and its Discontents". Eventually Mikael Sehul deposed the Emperor Iyoas (7 May 1769). [75][76], Modernization became a priority for the Haile Selassie regime; it began with expanded education opportunities beyond the small old-fashioned schools run by the Ethiopian church. Kassa lost his inheritance upon the death of Kinfu while he was still a young boy. [106] The last major Somali regular units left the Ogaden March 15, 1978. With the deaths of Emperor Iyasu II (1755) and Iyoas I (1769) the realm eventually entered a period of decentralization, known as the "Era of the Princes". Abyssinia] and of Axum." Huntingford. [18], Founded in 1270 by the Solomonic dynasty nobleman Yekuno Amlak, who claimed to descend from the last Aksumite king and ultimately the Biblical Menelik I and the Queen of Sheba, it replaced the Agaw kingdom of the Zagwe. Here he received an ambassador from the Empress beseeching him to send help against the Muslims, and in the July following a force of 400 musketeers, under the command of Cristvo da Gama, younger brother of the admiral, marched into the interior at first were successful against the enemy; but subsequently defeated at the Battle of Wofla (28 August 1542), and their commander captured and executed. [80] Some 78,500 patriots (guerrilla fighters) died during the occupation, 17,800 civilians were killed by aerial bombardment and 35,000 people died in concentration camps. 2006 December - Exiled former dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam is convicted, in absentia, of genocide at the end of a 12-year trial. According to legends, during the execution of the royals, an infant heir of the Axumite monarch was carted off by some faithful adherents and conveyed to Shewa, where his authority was acknowledged. Vida De Takla Haymanot Pelo P. Manuel De Almeida", "The Zagwe period re-interpreted: post-Aksumite Ethiopian urban culture", "1940 Article on the special road Addis Ababa-Assab and map (in Italian)", Italian emigration in Etiopia (in Italian), Addis abeba italiana: il Piano regolatore e la serie delle sue Varianti (1936-1939).Mai-Ministero dellAfrica italiana (in Italian); pag. 2018 May-June - Government releases thousands of political prisoners, and lifts state of emergency. The most famous expedition to Punt, however, comes during the reign of Queen Hatshepsut probably around 1495 BC, as the expedition was recorded in detailed reliefs on the temple of Deir el-Bahri at Thebes. On 2 April 2018, Abiy Ahmed, an Oromo, was declared Prime Minister. Many Ethiopians died in the invasion. In this remote location, the Empress turned to the Portuguese for military assistance against Ottoman guns. They were replaced with two new systems. After fierce resistance, and the start of an armed rebellion in Eritrea, the Emperor decided to end the federation in 1962 and annexed Eritrea into a province of Ethiopia. Markessini, Joan (2012). Hundreds of thousands were killed due to the Red Terror, forced deportations, or from using hunger as a weapon. Proclaiming himself negusa nagast under the name of Yohannes IV (or John IV), he forced Sahle Maryam to acknowledge his overlordship. Bruce subsequently returned to Egypt at the end of 1772 by way of the upper Atbara, through the kingdom of Sennar, the Nile, and the Korosko desert. Lucy's taxonomic name, Australopithecus afarensis, means 'southern ape of Afar', and refers to the Ethiopian region where the discovery was made. Following the death of Abba Jifar II of Jimma, Emperor Haile Selassie seized the opportunity to annex Jimma. info), Oromo: Itoophiyaa, Somali: Itoobiya, Afar: Itiyoophiyaa),[16] was an empire that historically spanned the geographical area of present-day Ethiopia and Eritrea from the establishment of the Solomonic dynasty by Yekuno Amlak approximately in 1270 until the 1974 coup d'etat of Emperor Haile Selassie by the Derg. [39], The Ottomans were checked by Emperor Sarsa Dengel's victory and sacking of Arqiqo in 1589, thus containing them on a narrow coastline strip. With the backing of most nobles in Ethiopia, the campaign was a success for Britain and the Ethiopian Emperor committed suicide rather than surrender. 1995 - Meles Zenawi assumes post of prime minister. Explore in 3D: The dazzling crown that makes a king. [118] GedeoOromo clashes between the Oromo and the Gedeo people in the south of the country led to Ethiopia having the largest number of people to flee their homes in the world in 2018, with 1.4 million newly displaced people. This articleincorporates text from a publication now in the public domain:Cana, Frank Richardson (1911). Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. [48], Towards the close of the 15th century the Portuguese missions into Ethiopia began. The modern army was created under Ras Tafari Makonnen, in 1917, with the formation of the Kebur Zabagna, the imperial guard. : An Examination of Race, Ethnicity, And Othering in the Hebrew Bible. [7] The most well known hominid discovery is Lucy, found in the Awash Valley of Afar Region in 1974 by Donald Johanson, and is one of the most complete and best preserved, adult Australopithecine fossils ever uncovered. These social groups consisted of the monks; the debtera; lay officials (including judges); men at arms giving personal protection to the wives of dignitaries and to princesses; the shimaglle, who were the lords and hereditary landowners; their farm labourers or serfs; traders; artisans; wandering singers; and the soldiers, who were called chewa. Nevertheless, the country was formally annexed on May 9, 1936, and the Emperor went into exile. In July 1991, the EPRDF, the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) and others, established the Transitional Government of Ethiopia (TGE), which was composed of an 87-member Council of Representatives and guided by a national charter that functioned as a transitional constitution. This was a period of Ethiopian history with numerous conflicts between the various Ras (equivalent to the English dukes) and the Emperor, who had only limited power and only dominated the area around the contemporary capital of Gondar. Around the World of Orthodox Christianity - Five Hundred Million Strong: The Unifying Aesthetic Beauty. This legend was created to legitimize the Solomonic dynasty and was written down in the 14th century in the Kebra Negast, an account of the origins of the Solomonic dynasty. In 1573 Sultanate of Harar attempted to invade Ethiopia again however Sarsa Dengel successfully defended the Ethiopian frontier. Perceptions of this war as imperialist were among the primary causes of the growing Ethiopian Communist movement. Munro-Hay cites the Muslim historian Abu Ja'far al-Khwarazmi/Kharazmi (who wrote before 833 CE) as stating that the capital of "the kingdom of Habash" was Jarma. Kwame Nkrumah . The Italian conquest of British Somaliland in August 1940 was successful, but the war turned against Italy afterward. 2018 October - The government signs a peace deal with the separatist Ogaden National Liberation Front, ending a 34-year armed rebellion. 1530-31 - Muslim leader Ahmad Gran conquers much of Ethiopia. Ezana's reign is also when the Aksumites first identified themselves as "Ethiopians", and not long after, Philostorgius became the first foreign author to call the Aksumites Ethiopians. [9] In 2010 fossilised animal bones, that were 3.4 million years old, were found with stone-tool-inflicted marks on them in the Lower Awash Valley by an international team, led by Shannon McPherron, which is the oldest evidence of stone tool use ever found anywhere in the world. Though parts of this story were most likely made up by the Solomonic dynasty to legitimize its rule, it is known that a female ruler did conquer the country about this time. Ethiopia stood as the antithesis of the colonial worldview. 2004 March - Start of resettlement programme to move more than two million people away from parched, over-worked highlands. 1962 - Haile Selassie annexes Eritrea, which becomes an Ethiopian province. His relations with his father-in-law and grandmother-in-law deteriorated however, and he soon took up arms against them and their vassals, and was successful. In a recent Foreign Policy article, Robert D. Kaplan argues that Ethiopia will not fall apart despite the serious civil wars in which it is embroiled on several fronts. One of this embassy was Father Francisco lvares, who wrote one of the earliest accounts of the country.[50]. [52] Many Oromo entered in emperor Susenyos' domain in response. African resistance movements, especially in Ethiopia; The Berlin Conference; Extension. The Princes Era ended with the reign of Emperor Tewodros II. [3] The Aksumites gave way to the Zagwe dynasty, who established a new capital at Lalibela before giving way to the Solomonic dynasty in the 13th century. "[16], The first known voyage to Punt occurred in the 25th century BC under the reign of Pharaoh Sahure. AI chatbots 'may soon be more intelligent than us', Russia troop deaths hit 20,000 in five months - US, France May Day protests leave dozens of police injured, 'My wife and six children joined Kenya starvation cult', On board the worlds last surviving turntable ferry. Haile Selassie sent hundreds of young men and women to study abroad, set up the capital's second modern school in 1925. [59][60], In 1905, Menelik II established the first bank, Bank of Abyssinia following concession from British occupied National Bank of Egypt in December 1904, that used to monopolize all government public funds, loans, print banknotes, mint coins and other privileges. While improving diplomatic ties with the United States, Haile Selassie also sought to improve the nation's relationship with other African nations. Issue 153 of ICG Africa report (4 September 2009) p. 2. South African Timeline.
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