Word: ethiopia
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...troops in Yemen to the north, also foments trouble in other countries on the Red Sea, and would like nothing better than to annex Aden for himself. That would turn the Red Sea into an Egyptian lake, enable Nasser to control the shipping routes to Ethiopia, Sudan and the western coast of Saudi Arabia...
Self-help is the third Johnson proposal to make foreign aid more efficient. This cry--"help instead of money"--has been heard before. Drawing directly from Ambassador to Ethiopia Korry's report on African development, Johnson said that America should provide technical assistance rather than money in fields like agricultural techniques, health services and population control...
...King of Kings. Elect of God. Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah and 255th reigning monarch of Ethiopia. Haile Selassie I, is a lonely man. At 74, he has outlived his wife, who died in 1962, and four of his six children. His son, Crown Prince Asfa Wossen, disappointed his father by cooperating in a 1960 coup attempt and, though since forgiven, enjoys little rapport with the Emperor. Indeed, there are few even in the palace circle who can remember when the Emperor was Tafari Makonnen, the young regent to his empress aunt, who took the throne...
...mounting loneliness with travel and personal diplomacy, and his slight (5 ft. 4 in., 100 Ibs.) figure, topped by a face like a Byzantine icon, has become familiar to millions around the world. Last week he came to the U.S. to tell Lyndon Johnson about the problems of Ethiopia, a Christian country flanked by Moslems. The Somali Republic, a new (1960) Moslem nation on his eastern border, has laid claim to much of his land, and has backed up the claim with Russian arms and terrorist raids. One of Haile Selassie's principal aims in Washington...
Close to Absolute. Haile Selassie's beard may be flecked with grey, but his back is still straight and his command over Ethiopia as firm as ever. He has put down three coup attempts in the past six years (for one of which four army officers are now on trial in Addis Ababa). He is, in fact, as close to an absolute ruler as the century will allow. Although he has permitted a Parliament to function for the past twelve years, he alone has the power to choose his Prime Minister. He regularly plays shum-shir-the Ethiopian equivalent...