Background: Unique among African countries, the ancient Ethiopian monarchy maintained its freedom from colonial rule, with the exception of the 1936-41 Italian occupation during World War II. 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 (EPRDF). A constitution was adopted in 1994 and Ethiopia's first multiparty elections were held in 1995. A two and a half year border war with Eritrea ended with a peace treaty on 12 December 2000. Final demarcation of the boundary is currently on hold due to Ethiopian objections to an international commission's finding requiring it to surrender sensitive territory.
May 16th 2008Africa » Ethiopia » Benishangul Gumuz Region » Asosa
Oh dear this one has been brewing for a while so it's likely to be a long one. Sorry.
So it has been one month since we returned from the field trip and life has settled back into a routine of ... 20 photos[full story]
March 18th 2008Africa » Ethiopia » Addis Ababa Region March 18, 2008
Flight: Bahar Dar (BJR) to Addis Ababa (ADD), Ethiopian Airlines 121, F50, Economy
Flight: Addis Ababa (ADD) to Washington DC (IAD), Ethiopian Airlines 500, 767, Economy, miles earned ... 5 photos[full story]
May 5th 2008Africa » Ethiopia » Oromia Region » Robe Apart from the cactus and the people washing their clothes in the river, the landscape as I walked along the River Shaya could have been somewhere in Northumberland. The recent rains were holding off ... 5 photos[full story]
March 29th 2008Africa » Ethiopia Ethiopia is like no where else in Africa or the world. It's unique.
Even the food is different. Plates are replaced by Injera - a pancake like bread make from Teff flour. Teff flour is an a ... 39 photos[full story]
April 28th 2008Africa » Ethiopia » Benishangul Gumuz Region » Asosa OK I better be quick. Total power outage and running on laptop batteries. Your guess is as good as mine as to how long I have :)
Will try and let the photos do the talking for this entry - there ar ... 24 photos[full story]
April 26th 2008Africa » Ethiopia A traveller went across the country to get underneath the surface of Ethiopia, peel back its layers and see what lies beneath - in search for the essence of Ethiopia.
'Seeing is believing', the ... 1 photos[full story]
April 11th 2008Africa » Ethiopia » Oromia Region » Bale Monday 31st March - Friday 11th April 2008
I wasn’t sure that anyone I knew was going to use the opportunity of me being in Ethiopia to visit this wonderful country. Finally, after 18 month ... 23 photos[full story]
April 20th 2008Africa » Ethiopia » Benishangul Gumuz Region » Asosa OK, so my blog numbering has got way out of hand but I'll try and rescue it from now on, honest :)
We are in the middle of power rationing and IT is pretty hard to do without any power. As is blogg ... 11 photos[full story]
March 17th 2008Africa » Ethiopia » Amhara Region » Bahir Dar
Today we had arranged a tour to go out to the island monasteries in the morning, then in the afternoon we would go out to the Blue Nile falls. The Blue Nile starts its journey from Lake Tana, the la ... 9 photos[full story]
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