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How Italy lost to Ethiopia in 1895

In 1895–1896, Italy’s attempt to expand into Ethiopia ended in a decisive defeat. Seeking to build a colonial empire, Italian ...
During the Scramble for Africa, nearly every region of the continent fell under European control—except Ethiopia. Italy attempted to turn Ethiopia into a protectorate through a deceptive treaty and ...
A few months after coming to power in April 2018, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed signed a peace deal to end a decades-long insurgency in the country’s Oromia region. The same summer, he struck a ...