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Ethiopia

  • Italian Occupation

    Italian Occupation

    Italy occupation begins
  • Italian Occupation

    Italian Occupation

    Italian Occupation ends
  • Empereor Halie

    Empereor Halie

    Emperor Haile Selassie, dethroned and was the last of the monarchs
  • State Institution

    State Institution

    began the process of reconstituting state institutions.
  • National Democratic Revolution

    National Democratic Revolution

    The Program for the National Democratic Revolution is formed
  • COPWE is formed

    COPWE is formed

    Mengistu announced the creation of the Commission to Organize the Party of the Workers of Ethiopia (COPWE).
  • Civil War

    Civil War

    a 30-year civil war between the government and rebel forces aligned with Eritrean nationalists ended with the government's downfall.
  • Eritrea becomes Independent

    Eritrea becomes Independent

    Eritrea became independent
  • Health Care

    Health Care

    204 out 1000 children under the age of five died
  • Border War

    Border War

    A 1998-2000 border war with Eritrea
  • 1970

    1970

    There were many droughts which ruined crops.