On Saturday, March 1, Ethiopians marked an anniversary of what is known as the Battle of Adwa, when the imperial forces of Ethiopia defeated an invading Italian army at Adwa town, sometimes also ...

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portraying himself as one of the architects of the victory at the Battle of Adwa. This was, however, a self-serving fiction.” Leontiev is often credited with delivering a shipment of weapons and ...

Addis Ababa March 1/2024 (ENA)The Victory of Adwa is a symbol of anti-colonial struggle that depicts national unity and cohesion in pursuit of common just goal, Russian Ambassador to Ethiopia Evgeny ...

The Battle of Adwa is a compelling political narrative of one of the most important events of the late nineteenth-century imperial era: the catastrophic defeat of the Italian army against the levy of ...

Lourenço then went to the Adwa Victory Memorial Museum, where he laid a wreath. This historic site commemorates the Ethiopian victory over Italy in the Battle of Adwa in March 1896. Early on Friday ...