Consequences of the British occupation of Ethiopia during World War II

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Title:	Consequences of the British occupation of Ethiopia during World War II
Author:	Vestal, Theodore M.
Year:	2000
Periodical:	Horn of Africa
Volume:	18
Issue:	1-4
Pages:	60-66
Language:	English
Geographic terms:	Ethiopia United Kingdom
Subjects:	military intervention World War II
Abstract:	The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE) came into existence under a questionable mandate on 21 August 1995 and has been severely criticized for abusing human rights, thwarting democratic processes, and fostering 'ethnic federalism' based on ethnic distrust. Although the origins of many of the FDRE's difficulties can be traced not only to internal tensions but also to Cold War rivalries between the US and the USSR in the Horn of Africa, at least three of the major problems plagueing the fledgling republic - those connected with Eritrea, Somalia, and the aversion of the Woyane (Tigray) toward the Amhara - can be attributed, at least in part, to British military occupation and administration of Ethiopia and neighbouring areas from 1941 to 1952. This essay reviews significant events during that period when Great Britain was the hegemonic power in the Horn and it relates these to the three present-day problems in Ethiopia. Notes, ref.