[Black Star News Show\WBAI 99.5\ Battle of Adwa]
Africa celebrates one of its greatest military victories—the Battle of Adwa, on March 1, 1896, when a huge army led by Empress Taytu Betul and Emperor Menelik II together with several Ethiopian generals, including Das Alula Engida, Ras Michael, Ras Mengesha, Ras Makonnen, and others defeated an imperial Italian army that set out to turn Ethiopia into a colony.
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Addis Ababa
AFRICAN UNION CONVENES WORKSHOP ON LACK OF WOMEN’S PARTICIPATION IN POLITICAL PROCESS
[Africa News\Women’sRights]
The aim of the regional workshop was to provide a platform to discuss the low participation of women in electoral processes and its root causes; protection of women’s rights throughout the electoral cycle; preventive and capacity-strengthening measures to achieve the full, equal and meaningful participation of women in electoral processes.
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