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Bloomberg’s Blooper on the Oromo Protests [By Zecharias Zelalem]
Ethiocritical.com
The tidal wave of emotion which has swept the country since the start of the Oromo protests movement about a month or so ago shows no sign of slowing, with some activists claiming that the number of cities and towns engulfed...
The Naval Brigade that Marched against Emperor Tewodros II of Ethiopia in 1868
Emnet Tadesse
Tewodros II, original name Kassa was emperor of Ethiopia (1855–68) who has been called Ethiopia’s first modern ruler by European historians. Theodros II was born into a country rife with civil war, and he defeated many provincial...
From the archive, 24 August 1974: Ethiopia's fallen aristocrats
theguardian
The radicals are pressing for a French Revolution-style solution – a mass execution of the aristocracy
Addis Ababa, December 1974: Ethiopia’s Derg leaders, who deposed emperor Haile Selassie in September 1974....
