divided into two contingents: 5000 men were stationed in Adigrat and 5000 in Mek'ele, under General Giuseppe Arimondi. Arimondi intended to support Major Pietro...
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Siege of Mekelle (redirect from Battle of Mek'ele)
Date 7-21 January 1896 Location Mek'ele, Ethiopia Result Ethiopian victory...
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352,000 11 Shashamane Oromia 154,587 Mek'ele Adama 2 Gondar Amhara 341,991 12 Bishoftu Oromia 153,847 3 Mek'ele Tigray 340,858 13 Sodo SNNPR 253,322 4...
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than allowing her husband to bury her in the capital of eastern Tigray, Mek'ele. This was a clear sign of Emperor Haile Selassie's unhappiness with his...
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Alula Aba Nega Airport (redirect from Mek'ele Airport)
Alula Aba Nega Airport (IATA: MQX, ICAO: HAMK), also known as Mekelle Airport, is a public airport serving Mekelle, the capital city of the Tigray Region...
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mission for UNICEF was to Ethiopia in 1988. She visited an orphanage in Mek'ele that housed 500 starving children and had UNICEF send food. Of the trip...
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De Bono's invasion of Ethiopia (section Mek'ele)
somewhat slowly. On 8 November, the I Corps and the Eritrean Corps captured Mek'ele, Haile Selassie Gugsa's capital in eastern Tigre. This proved to be the...
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Weldiya–Mekelle Railway (redirect from Hara Gebeya-Mek'ele Railway)
Minister Hailemariam Desalegn laid a ceremonial foundation stone for the Mek'ele – Weldiya/Hara Gebeya railway project on February 18. The 220 km electrified...
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fighters to Ethiopia, flying from Eritrea to Mek'ele. Ethiopian Air Force fighters escorted them to Mek'ele after entering Ethiopian airspace. 27 October...
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