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ArticleAfrica Timeline
… its territory. 300 CE The state of Aksum in Eritrea and Ethiopia begins minting its own silver and gold coins as … by introducing Somali terms to the region…
Mangena Maaka Mokone, founder of the ‘Ethiopian Church’ in 1892 and political leader who strongly opposed racial segregation, i
Ethiopian King Haile Selassie urges his countrymen to fight to the last man against the invading Italian army.
The ruling Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front and its allies score an overwhelming victory in elections for a ne
Military officers depose Emperor Haile Selassie from the Ethiopian throne he had occupied for more than fifty years.
EventItalian Troops raid Addis Ababa
… troops commence with raids into Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia. After the capture of Addis Ababa by the Italian …
An Ethiopian Airlines plane is hijacked over the Comoros Islands and crashes into the Indian Ocean, killing 125 people.
Ten French aid workers, kidnapped thirteen days earlier from a Somali refugee camp, are handed over to Ethiopian authorities by
An Ethiopian plane bombs an Eritrean village full of homeless people, killing at least five civilians and escalating a border d
Inner-Party Bulletin
… of the editorial board of Communist, report on a visit to Ethiopia, visit to the headquarters of the City …
PlaceEritrea
… to the south, and, in the second half of the 20th century, Ethiopia became the power from which the Eritrean people had … decades. Eritrea formally achieved…
ArticleAfrican Heritage Sites
… its position remains unchanged. Aksum (Tigray Region, Ethiopia) The ruins of the city of Aksum, dating from the 1st to the 13th century, mark the heart of…
PlaceSomalia
… regime was established. Following the military defeat by Ethiopia, the regime was overthrown and Somalia has since … against the Christian Abyssinians,…
EventAbebe Bikila wins gold at Rome Olympic Games
… Bikila said, "I wanted the world to know that my country, Ethiopia, has always won with determination and heroism." …
ArticleAfrica: What’s in a name?
… century, the terms Guinea and Aethiopia, or Ethiopia, were popularly used to describe the lands south of …
Ten family members of the late Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie escape from house arrest in Addis Ababa and reach Sweden. There
Ethiopian troops breach Eritrean lines in a disputed border area, and Eritrea soon says it will accept an African peace plan fo
Haile Gebrselassie, long distance Ethiopian athlete and the first to run the 5 000 m in less than thirteen minutes and the 10 0
BiographyCharlotte Maxeke
Where was Charlotte Maxeke born? Many sources cite Charlotte Maxeke’s (née Mannya) birth place as Fort Beaufort the Eastern Cape, however, there are other…
ArticleAfrica: Colonialism, Arts, Protest & Independence
… Conference to stem the scramble for Africa. Only Morocco, Ethiopia, and Liberia are recognized as independent entities. Partition of West Africa and East…
ArticleOrganization of African Unity Timeline 1884-2000
… Conference to stem the scramble for Africa. Only Morocco, Ethiopia, and Liberia are recognized as independent entities. Partition of West Africa and East…
ArticleGrade 11 - Apartheid South Africa 1940s to 1960s
… spread apartheid in the country too. In 1960 Liberia and Ethiopia called for the International Court of Justice to … International Court of Justice ruled…
ArticleThe African Union (AU)
… Good Governance (2007). AU Headquarters, built by China in Ethiopia’s capital of Addis Ababa (2012) Source: … obstruction of decision-making on the Darfur…
Article50 Facts on Africa
… of body tissue in the late 1960s. Light-Pulse Chips (Ethiopia) In 2011, Dr. Solomon Assefa invented chips which … 24 countries. Amharic Amharic is the…
EventSelassie becomes emperor
… was crowned as Emperor Haile Selassie in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, after the death of Empress Zaudito. After 45 years … Haile Mariam during the 1974 revolution,…
EventMandela smuggled out the country and appears in Addis Ababa
… Pan-African Freedom Movement Conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Mandela's address to the conference took place a …
ArticleThe Nile river and its influence on settlement
… of the joining of three rivers from Sudan, Uganda and Ethiopia. It starts in south (Upper) Egypt and ends at the …
BiographyDorothy Adams
Dorothy Adams was born in 1928 in Wellington, 72 kilometres north-east of Cape Town. Wellington had been declared on the farm of Champagne in 1840, and it grew…
EventProceedings against SA start in the International Court of Justice
… more and more against SA. On 4 November 1960, Liberia and Ethiopia instituted legal proceedings against SA concerning … was given six years later, stating…
ArchiveLetter from D Nokwe to OAU Secretary General
… to the Organisation of African Unity Secretary-General in Ethiopia. Includes several other letters in an apparent …