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Ethiopia Research Paper

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Ethiopia, Africa’s oldest independent country, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa and surrounded by several nations including Kenya, Somalia, Eritrea, Sudan, South Sudan, and Djibouti. Despite its not being connected to any body of open water, Ethiopia has a very dense population of 103.1 million individuals, making it the most populated landlocked country in the world, and the second most populated country in Africa.

Unique among African countries, the ancient Ethiopian monarchy maintained its freedom from colonial rule with the exception of a short-lived Italian occupation from 1936-41. In 1974, a military junta, the Derg, deposed Emperor Haile SELASSIE (who had ruled since 1930) and established a socialist state. Torn by bloody coups, uprisings, wide-scale drought, and massive refugee problems, the regime was finally toppled in 1991 by a coalition of rebel forces, the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front. A constitution was adopted in 1994, and Ethiopia's first multiparty elections were held in 1995. A border war with Eritrea in the late 1990s ended with a peace treaty in December 2000. In November 2007, the Eritrea-Ethiopia Border Commission (EEBC) issued specific coordinates as virtually demarcating the border and pronounced its work finished. Alleging that the EEBC acted beyond its mandate in issuing …show more content…

The Ethiopia Djibouti Railway is the cornerstone of Ethiopia's plans to develop national railway infrastructure. The 656km line will connect Addis Ababa with Djibouti, which is Ethiopia's only access to the sea. If successful, the US$1.2bn project will significantly reduce Ethiopia's transportation costs and exert a positive impact on economic growth in the Horn of Africa. Work is scheduled for completion by the end of

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