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Italy occupation begins
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Italian Occupation ends
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Emperor Haile Selassie, dethroned and was the last of the monarchs
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began the process of reconstituting state institutions.
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The Program for the National Democratic Revolution is formed
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Mengistu announced the creation of the Commission to Organize the Party of the Workers of Ethiopia (COPWE).
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a 30-year civil war between the government and rebel forces aligned with Eritrean nationalists ended with the government's downfall.
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Eritrea became independent
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204 out 1000 children under the age of five died
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A 1998-2000 border war with Eritrea
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There were many droughts which ruined crops.
