b. Northeast Africa (Horn). 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History

The Encyclopedia of World History. 2001.


b. Northeast Africa (Horn)


1941–52

Restoration and rebuilding of central powers of the Ethiopian Empire under Haile Selassie. The emperor continued to hold most power, but some bureaucratic reform occurred. Britain remained in control of the Horn outside Ethiopia.	1

1945

Senior civil servants in Sudan formed a moderate nationalist group, the Umma Party.	2

1946

Formation of the nationalist, modernist Somali Youth League.	3

1948

Umma dominated the national legislature established by British in Sudan; most members of this legislature came from northern areas.	4

1949, Nov

The UN placed Somalia in a ten-year trusteeship under Italy.	5

1950

University College was founded in Addis Ababa. In British Somaliland, clan leaders were made into “local authorities.”	6

Dec

The UN placed Eritrea in federation with Ethiopia, with limited autonomy, under the Ethiopian Empire.	7


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