- Blue Man Group (August 27, 2003)
... definition quiet. Headlines you will never see include "Ceasefire between Ethiopia and Eritrea Holds for 476th Consecutive Day," "Zero Killed in Cyprus," or... - War on Terror: US Forces in Tanzania (March 15, 2004)
...ti. Centcom also has operational responsibility for Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Ethiopia and Eritrea. Meanwhile, the US last Friday renewed its advisory agains... - Profile of 'Local Leader' of Al-Qa'ida in Saudi Arabia (December 10, 2003)
... He left secretly for Yemen and then headed for Somalia. He fought against Ethiopia in the Ogaden province battles under the banner of a group known as the "I... - With Garang's Death, Southern Sudan May Secede (August 8, 2005)
...ave been permanently displaced and scarred by living as refugees in Kenya, Ethiopia and Uganda. Southern Sudan's population has lost two generations to war, t... - Guantanamo Issue Took Two Years to Reach UN Commission (April 15, 2004)
...hrein, Burkina Faso, China, Cuba, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sierra... - Guess Who's Sustaining Iraq? (July 14, 2003)
...n chided by Washington for sending an A-team to Iraq while pulling back in Ethiopia. Nine U.N. agencies are now operating in Iraq, doing many of the jobs... - Terrorist Risk Raised to "High" (September 10, 2002)
...d a consulate in Indonesia, had been closed. Five other embassies — in Ethiopia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Cambodia and Pakistan — were to close on Wednesday, th... - Mugabe's 'Taliban' Torture Opponents in Terror Camps (March 2, 2002)
...ended in 1979 with victory against white minority rule. Nhlanga trained in Ethiopia and Zambia before being sent to fight with Mugabe's followers. Last we... - Cuba, the US and Democracy (June 4, 2002)
... was the United States the hegemonic hyperpower it is today. At that time, Ethiopia had been occupied. The bloody Spanish Civil War had begun. China was being... - German Interior Minister on Deportations, Detainees, Iraqi Aid (September 15, 2003)
...ences. (Der Spiegel) For example? (Schily) In several thousand cases Ethiopia has declared that it is willing to take one of its citizens back only if w... - UN Resolutions Violated by Countries Other than Iraq (October 2, 2002)
...n" with UN efforts. 1044 (1996) Sudan Calls upon Sudan to extradite to Ethiopia for prosecution three suspects in an assassination attempt of visiting Egy... - Communications in Ethiopia
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Ethiopia
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The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (Ityop'iya, Amharic የኢትዮጵያ) is a nation of northeastern Africa. Unique among African countries, the ancient Ethiopian monarchy maintained its freedom from colonial rule, one exception being the Italian occupation of 1936-1941.
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| Official language | Amharic | ||||
| Capital | Addis Ababa | ||||
| President | Girma Wolde-Giorgis | ||||
| Prime Minister | Meles Zenawi | ||||
| Area - Total - % water | Ranked 26th 1,127,127 km² 0.7% | ||||
| Population
- Total (Year) - Density | Ranked 16th
67,673,031 60/km²
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| Currency | Birr (ETB) | ||||
| Time zone | UTC +3 | ||||
| National anthem | Whedefit Gesgeshi Woude Henate Ethiopia (March Forward, Dear Mother Ethiopia) | ||||
| Internet TLD | .ET | ||||
| Calling Code | 251 | ||||
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History
Main article: History of EthiopiaIn 1974 a military junta, the Derg, deposed Emperor Haile Selassie (who had ruled since 1930) and established a socialist state. Torn by bloody coups, uprisings, wide-scale drought, and massive refugee problems, the regime was finally toppled by a coalition of rebel forces, the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), in 1991. A constitution was adopted in 1994 and Ethiopia's first multiparty elections were held in 1995. A border war with Eritrea that erupted in May 1998 has strengthened the ruling coalition, but has hurt the nation's economy.
Politics
Main article: Politics of Ethiopia
Regions
Main article: Regions of EthiopiaEthiopia is divided into 9 ethnically-based administrative regions (astedader akababiwach, singular - astedader akabibi) and 2 chartered cities*:
Addis Ababa*; Afar; Amhara, Benishangul/Gumaz; Dire Dawa*; Gambela; Harar; Oromia; Somali; Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region; Tigray
Geography
Main article: Geography of Ethiopia
Economy
Main article: Economy of Ethiopia
Demographics
Main article: Demographics of Ethiopia
Culture
Main article: Culture of Ethiopia
| Date | English Name | Local Name | Remarks |
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| January 7 | Orthodox Christmas Day | ||
| January 19 | Feast of Epiphany | Timket | |
| February 2 | Feast of the Sacrifice | Eid-ul-Adha | |
| March 2 | Battle of Adowa | ||
| April 12 | Orthodox Easter Monday | ||
| April 25 | Coptic Good Friday | ||
| May 2 | Mulud | Mulud | |
| May 5 | Patriots' Day | ||
| May 28 | End of Military Regime | ||
| September 11 | Ethiopian New Year/Coptic New Year | ||
| September 27 | Finding of the True Cross | ||
| November 14 | End of Ramadan | Eid-al-Fitr |
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