Ethiopia

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Ethiopia

• Outline
• History
• Contemporary policy, economy, society
• Acute challenges
• Conflicts
• Main local attractions
• Unique features of Ethiopia

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Basic Historic Events
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Socialism in XX century
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Federal Parliamentary Republic
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Empire
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Contemporary Policy, Economy, Society

• Federal Government
• President
• Bicameral Parliament
• Judiciary
• Society structure
• Merge of feudalism and
• tribalism
• Agriculture-oriented economy
• 41 of GDP
• 80 of export (coffee)

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Acute Challenges faced by the Government
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Separatism and conflicts

• Ethiopia Eritrea
• 1952 Eritrea was annexed
• 1961-1993 Eritrean partisan was against Ethiopia
• 1993 independent Eritrea imposed high tariffs on
  Ethiopian export
  
• 1998-2000 military actions/operations
• 2000 the Peace Treaty signed with the UN
  assistance

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Separatism and conflicts

• Ethiopia-Somalia
• 2006 Ethiopia waged war against Somalia
• 2006 Civil War in Somalia, led by Islamic Courts
  Union
  
• 2006 the USA supported Ethiopia
• 2007 the truce concluded
• 2007 partisan war was launched

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Main local attractions
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Unique Features of Ethiopia

• Multinational country
• Zealous religion believers (Christian Orthodox,
  Muslims)
  
• Haile Selassie I, the emperor is a national hero
• Ethiopia never was a colony.