Ethiopia Media and Telecoms Landscape Guide - Infoasaid

4UNDP map of Ethiopia showing administrative districtsThe Ethiopian government sent troops into Mogadishu to prop up an internationallysupported transitional administration. This was under siege from various armedfactions which controlled most of southern and central Somalia.The Ethiopian task force prevented the insurgents from over-running Mogadishu andsecured control of a handful of other key towns, But it failed to prevent the insurgentsfrom holding sway in most of South and Central Somalia.The Ethiopian force withdrew in 2009 and was replaced by an African Unionpeacekeeping force. By October 2011, this had gained control of most of the city ofMogadishu, but had failed to dislodge the insurgents from other parts of the country.Ethiopia remains in many ways a very traditional and conservative society, isolatedand aloof from foreign influence, despite the political tumult of its recent past.The country was never colonised by European powers, despite a brief period ofItalian occupation from 1935 until 1943.In 1974, Emperor Haile Selassie was overthrown by a left-wing military coup led byLieutenant Colonel Mengistu Haile Mariam.