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2 unusual facts about Ethio-Somali War


Ethio-Somali War

The attacking forces did suffer some early setbacks; Ethiopian defenders at Dire Dawa and Jijiga inflicted heavy casualties on assaulting forces.

The greatest single victory of the SNA-WSLF was a second assault on Jijiga in mid-September (the Battle of Jijiga), in which the demoralized Ethiopian troops withdrew from the town.


Ali Sabieh

The Ethio-Djibouti Railway was built between 1894 and 1915 during the colonial period, the Ethio-Djibouti Railways connected the city with Addis Ababa.

Donald Yamamoto

Yamamoto met with Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi on April 22, 2006, to discuss the ongoing process of democratization in Ethiopia and the Ethio-Eritrea boundary dispute.

Tofaş Şahin

In 2006 the Tofaş Şahin was put into production in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, by the Holland Car Company, a joint venture between a firm from the Netherlands called Trento Engineering and the local firm of Ethio-Holland.


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