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23 lines
1.1 KiB
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The **Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia** is an
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[authoritarian](authoritarianism "wikilink") and
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[capitalist](Capitalism "wikilink") [state](List_of_States "wikilink")
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bordering [Kenya](Kenya "wikilink"), [Somalia](Somalia "wikilink"),
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[Somaliland](Somaliland "wikilink"), [Djibouti](Djibouti "wikilink"),
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[Eritrea](Eritrea "wikilink"), [Sudan](Sudan "wikilink") and [South
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Sudan](South_Sudan "wikilink").
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## History
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### Socialist State (1974 - 1991)
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*Main Article: [Socialist Ethiopia](Socialist_Ethiopia "wikilink")*
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After a [USSR](USSR "wikilink")-backed military coup led to the deposing
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of the monarchy and creation of a
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[Marxist-Leninist](Marxist-Leninism "wikilink") state, Ethiopia became
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an authoritarian socialist state for 17 years. Although it established a
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very successful educational system and gender equality, the government
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was largely dependent on aid from the USSR, [East
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Germany](East_Germany "wikilink") and [Cuba](Cuba "wikilink") and faced
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several major droughts, famines and insurrections the led to an unstable
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regime that eventually collapsed. |