Ethiopia On This Day

Dec 14, 1925: Italy's Fascist government signs a secret pact with Britain aimed at reinforcing Italian dominance in Ethiopia Dec 14, 1942: Ethiopia declared war on Germany, Italy and Japan

Dec 13, 1906: Britain, France and Italy signed a Tripartite treaty, agreeing to partition Ethiopia into three spheres of influence Dec 13, 1960: While Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia was visiting Brazil, his Imperial Bodyguard staged a coup d'etat, taking many of the Imperial staff hostage, including Crown Prince Asfa Wossen, who was proclaimed as King (rather than Emperor). The coup failed within a few days, and Haile Selassie reigned as emperor until another coup in 1975 Dec 13, 1994: The trial of former President Mengistu begins in Ethiopia.

Dec 12, 1913: Menelik II, the Emperor of Ethiopia since 1889, died at the age of 69. Dec 12, 1969: Two would-be hijackers were killed by security personal abroad an Ethiopia Airlines Boeing 707 shortly after take off from Madrid. No one else was hurt. Dec 12, 2000: The Algiers Agreement, a peace agreement between the governments of Eritrea and Ethiopia, was signed at Algiers, Algeria, to formally end the Eritrean-Ethiopian War,

Dec 11, 2011: The Boeing 787 Dreamliner made its debut on African soil at Addis Ababa's Bole International Airport Dec 11, 2022: Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed arrives in Washington for the U.S.-Africa Leaders' Summit

Dec 10, 2019: PM Abiy Ahmed delivered his Nobel Lecture at the Oslo City Hall, Norway.

Dec 09, 2020: Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed inaugurated Ethio-Kenya road on the Trans African Highway project