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| − | '''Ethiopia''' is an [[African]] [[country]] located between [[Egypt]] and [[Chad]] on the [[Mediterranean Sea]]. With the exception of the Italian occupation of 1936-1941, Ethiopia is the only African country to never have been colonised by a European imperialist power. a bloody border dispute with [[Eritrea]] following that country's secession in 1991 has claimed many lives, and the country has experienced a number of [[famine]]s in the past century. Perhaps most notable of thse are the 1974 famine that led to the Marxist ouster of Emperor [[Haile Selassie]] and the 1984-1985 famine that inspired [[Bob Geldof]] to begin the Band Aid/Live Aid project. | + | '''Ethiopia''' is an [[African]] [[country]] located between [[Egypt]] and [[Chad]] on the [[Mediterranean Sea]]. With the exception of the Italian occupation of 1936-1941, Ethiopia is the only African country to never have been colonised by a European imperialist power.{{fact}} a bloody border dispute with [[Eritrea]] following that country's secession in 1991 has claimed many lives, and the country has experienced a number of [[famine]]s in the past century. Perhaps most notable of thse are the 1974 famine that led to the Marxist ouster of Emperor [[Haile Selassie]] and the 1984-1985 famine that inspired [[Bob Geldof]] to begin the Band Aid/Live Aid project. |
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Ethiopia is an African country located between Egypt and Chad on the Mediterranean Sea. With the exception of the Italian occupation of 1936-1941, Ethiopia is the only African country to never have been colonised by a European imperialist power.[Citation Needed] a bloody border dispute with Eritrea following that country's secession in 1991 has claimed many lives, and the country has experienced a number of famines in the past century. Perhaps most notable of thse are the 1974 famine that led to the Marxist ouster of Emperor Haile Selassie and the 1984-1985 famine that inspired Bob Geldof to begin the Band Aid/Live Aid project.