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UN assigns Eritrea to a federation with Ethiopia
📅 2 December 1950The UN General Assembly voted to federate Eritrea with Ethiopia under the Ethiopian Crown, after Italian colonial rule and British military administration. Eritrean communities’ preferences were...
Somali forces launch the Ogaden War
📅 13 July 1977Somalia invaded Ethiopia’s Ogaden region, whose Somali communities had long faced competing claims and state borders. Moscow shifted support from Somalia to Ethiopia; the conflict’s regional actors...
Somali army withdrawal marks Ethiopia’s recovery of the Ogaden
đź“… 15 March 1978After a Soviet- and Cuban-supported Ethiopian counteroffensive, Somali forces withdrew from the Ogaden. The conventional war ended, but insurgency, militarization, and displacement continued for local...
UN Food Systems Summit Stocktake opens in Addis Ababa
đź“… 27 July 2025The four-year stocktake reviewed progress on transforming food systems and mobilizing finance. For many developing states, food sovereignty and control over agricultural priorities remain bound to...