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| b. Northeast Africa (Horn) |
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| 1941–52 |
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| 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 |
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| 1945 |
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| Senior civil servants in Sudan formed a moderate nationalist group, the Umma Party. | 2 |
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| 1946 |
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| Formation of the nationalist, modernist Somali Youth League. | 3 |
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| 1948 |
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| Umma dominated the national legislature established by British in Sudan; most members of this legislature came from northern areas. | 4 |
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| 1949, Nov |
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| The UN placed Somalia in a ten-year trusteeship under Italy. | 5 |
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| 1950 |
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| University College was founded in Addis Ababa. In British Somaliland, clan leaders were made into “local authorities.” | 6 |
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| Dec |
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| The UN placed Eritrea in federation with Ethiopia, with limited autonomy, under the Ethiopian Empire. | 7 |
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