The 2012 Afar region tourist attack Attack was a shooting Killing incident Attack on the night of 17 January 2012 at Erta Ale volcano in the Afar Region of Ethiopia which killed Killing 5 and injured Bodily_harm 3 .

The Ethiopian Civil War was a civil war Military_operation in Ethiopia and present Presence day Eritrea , fought Hostile_encounter between the Ethiopian military junta communist governments and Ethio-Eritrean anti-government rebels from September 1974 to June 1991 .

The Derg overthrew Change_of_leadership the Ethiopian Empire and Emperor Haile Selassie in a coup d'état on 12 September 1974 , establishing Creating Ethiopia as a Marxist-Leninist communist state with itself as a military junta and provisional government .

By the mid-1980s , various issues such as the 1983–1985 famine , economic decline and other after-effects of Derg policies ravaged Destroying Ethiopia , increasing Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale popular support Supporting for the rebels .

The PDRE was dissolved Change and replaced Change_of_leadership with the Tigray People 's Liberation Front-led Transitional Government of Ethiopia .

The Eritrean–Ethiopian War Hostile_encounter , one of the conflicts Hostile_encounter in the Horn of Africa , took place Process_start between Ethiopia and Eritrea from May 1998 to June 2000 , with the final Process_end peace only agreed Agree_or_refuse_to_act to in 2018 , twenty years after the initial confrontation Hostile_encounter .

Eritrea and Ethiopia , two of the world 's poorest countries , spent Expend_resource hundreds of millions of dollars on the war Hostile_encounter and suffered Catastrophe tens of thousands of casualties Death as a direct consequence of the conflict Hostile_encounter .

According to a ruling Legal_rulings by an international commission in The Hague , Eritrea broke Bodily_harm international law and triggered Causation the war Hostile_encounter by invading Attack Ethiopia .

, Ethiopia still occupies Control the territory near Badme , including the town of Badme .

On 5 June 2018 , the ruling Legal_rulings coalition Collaboration of Ethiopia ( Ethiopian People 's Revolutionary Democratic Front ) , headed Motion by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed , agreed Agree_or_refuse_to_act to fully implement Action the peace treaty signed Sign_agreement with Eritrea in 2000 , with peace declared Expressing_publicly by both parties in July 2018 .

The organisers of Live Aid tried , without much success , to run Self_motion aid Assistance efforts directly , channelling millions of pounds to NGOs in Ethiopia .

Emperor Tewodros II of Ethiopia , then often referred to by the anglicized name Theodore , imprisoned Arrest several missionaries and two representatives of the British government in an attempt to get Getting the attention of the British government , which had decided Deciding against his requests Request for military assistance Assistance .

Ethiopia and some of the predominantly Christian part of Eritrea advocated Convincing for union with Ethiopia , while the predominantly Muslim and other areas of Eritrea wanted a separate Eritrean state .

Ethiopia and some of the predominantly Christian part of Eritrea advocated Convincing for union with Ethiopia , while the predominantly Muslim and other areas of Eritrea wanted a separate Eritrean state .

Eritrea 's declining Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale autonomy and growing Expansion discontent with Ethiopian rule caused Causation an independence movement led by the Eritrean Liberation Front ( ELF ) in 1961 , leading Causation Ethiopia to dissolve Dispersal the federation and annex Eritrea the next year .

The Eritrean People 's Liberation Front ( EPLF ) became Becoming the main separatist group in 1977 , expelling Removing the ELF from Eritrea , then exploiting the Ogaden War to launch Process_start a war of attrition against Ethiopia .

The Ethiopian People 's Revolutionary Democratic Front ( EPRDF ) , with the help Assistance of the EPLF , defeated Conquering the People 's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia ( PDRE ) when it took Action control of the capital Addis Ababa a month later .

Communism was abandoned GiveUp in countries such as Cambodia ( 1991 ) , Ethiopia ( 1990 ) , Mongolia ( which in 1990 democratically re-elected a Communist government that ran the country until 1996 ) and South Yemen ( 1990 ) .

The official area of responsibility comprises Cause_to_be_included Sudan , Somalia , Djibouti , Ethiopia , Eritrea , Seychelles and Kenya .

Ethiopia was defeated Conquering , annexed and subjected to military occupation .

Ethiopia was consolidated Cause_change_of_strength with Eritrea and Italian Somaliland into `` Africa Orientale Italiana '' ( Italian East Africa ) .

The women 's race Competition was won by Tirfi Tsegaye of Ethiopia in a time of 2:20:18 hours .

Defending champion Gebregziabher Gebremariam only just made Manufacturing the top ten but led Bringing Ethiopia to the team bronze .

Meselech Melkamu of Ethiopia won the fourth World Cross Country bronze of her career as Dibaba finished Process_end outside the medals .

Kenya and Ethiopia won the team gold and silver , respectively , while Shalane Flanagan led Bringing the United States women 's team to a bronze medal .

Both Ugandas topped Placing their respective groups , and progressed Achieve to the knockout Competition stages along with Ethiopia and Rwanda .

Uganda ( A ) beat Competition Rwanda , and Uganda ( B ) beat Competition Ethiopia to mean that `` the Cranes '' ( Uganda [ A ] ) and `` the Lions '' ( Uganda ( B ) ) would meet Come_together in the final Competition .

Ethiopia finished Process_end third after beating Competition Rwanda on penalties 4–2 after the match Competition finished Process_end 0–0 .