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1882
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Italy
buys Assab Bay
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1885
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Italy
occupies Massawa
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1889
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Thanks
to the Treaty of Uccialli Ethiopia recognises the Italian
domain on the Red Sea coast
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1890
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Francesco
Crispi declares Eritrea a "Firstborn Colony"
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1900/1935
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The
Italians improve their settlement. The instruction and health
aid are denied to the Eritreans and some "racial laws" are
enacted.
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1935
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The
Fascit Italy overruns Ethiopia.
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1936
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Mussolini
procalimed the birth of the Empire and the Eastern Italian
Africa.
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1941
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The
British defeat Italy and Eritrea passes under the British
administration.
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1949
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The
UN dealt with the ex Italian Colony question for the first
time.
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1952
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The
Ethiopia-Eritrea Federation is declared but under the "Ethiopic
crown".
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1958
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Some
workers' strikes and huge protests took place against the
continuous violations of the civil and political rights established
by the Federation Act issued by UN.
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1961
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The
armed fight for the liberation of Eritrea from the Ethiopic
domain starts.
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1991 |
End
of the armed struggle and defeat of the Ethiopic Army by the
Eritrean Front (EPLF) which sets a transitional government
whose chairman is Isayas Afeworki as secretary |
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1993 |
The
Eritrean Independence is officially proclaimed and after a
referendum EPLF named Isayas
Afeworki president of Eritrea. |
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1994 |
The EPLF
changes its name into PFDJ (Popular Front for Democracy and
Justice) becoming the only political party in power in Eritrea |
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1996 |
The
composition of the Constitution is completed but it doesn't
come into force |
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1998 |
A
new conflict with Ehtiopia starts generating about 90.000
victims |
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2000 |
The
conflict ends with the Treaty of Algeri. The UN intervention
leads to an International Committee for the borders demarcation.
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2001 |
18
September: it
is the day which marks the dictatorial turn of the Eritrean
Government. Eleven persons among those who signed the
open letter together with 18 journalists were arrested.
The Eritrean free
press
was banned. |
