Ethiopian-German relations

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Ethiopian-German relations
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Ethiopia and Germany have had diplomatic relations since 1905. Relations also exist within the ACP group , which has close ties to the European Union .

Ethiopia has an embassy in Berlin and a consulate general in Frankfurt am Main . Honorary consuls are active in Bremen and Düsseldorf . Germany operates an embassy in Addis Ababa .

history

Asfa Wossen , 1932 in Berlin

The Jesuit Athanasius Kircher (1602–1680) is known to have learned the ancient Ethiopian language . Job Ludolf from Erfurt , who together with the Ethiopian priest Georgius conducted studies on the country and languages ​​in Gotha in the middle of the 17th century, can be regarded as the founder of Ethiopian studies. In the 19th century, German expeditions also reached Ethiopia, so Theodor von Heuglin traveled the country and met the Abyssinian Emperor Theodor II . In 1904/1905 Friedrich Rosen became the first German ambassador to Ethiopia.

After the end of the Second World War , Ethiopia leaned against the West German Federal Republic . The incumbent Emperor Haile Selassi visited the FRG in 1954 as the first foreign head of state. West Germany became an important trading partner and was heavily involved in development aid , also to prevent the GDR from being recognized by the internationally renowned Kaiser. A radical change in relations came in 1974 when the emperor was deposed and the Derg came to power . In view of cautious reactions from Western partners and a threatening military situation in the context of the Ogaden war against Somalia , the new ruler Mengistu Mariam turned to the socialist states for help.

Through the interventions of the East German politicians Werner Lamberz and Erich Honecker , the Soviet Union and also Cuba under Fidel Castro recognized Ethiopian socialism. The two countries contributed to the victory in the Ogaden War through military support. Military advisers from the GDR also coordinated military operations against separatists in Eritrea . While trade with the FRG continued, the GDR became a close partner in development cooperation, including in building a real socialist regime. For example, advisors from the GDR supported the establishment of the Ethiopian Working People's Party and the corresponding mass organizations. The GDR's development aid can be fixed at at least 46 million Ostmarks, including building an entire textile factory. After the fall of the GDR and the overthrow of the Mengistu regime, the FRG again took over development aid in Ethiopia. As of today, Germany remains GIZ 's most important trading partner and Ethiopia, with 90 international employees and over 600 national ones, is GIZ 's second most important location worldwide.

Cultural relations

The German School Addis Ababa is one of the oldest German schools in Africa and is supported financially and personally by the Federal Republic of Germany. There is a Goethe Institute on the campus of the University of Addis Ababa.

See also

Web links

Commons : Ethiopian-German relations  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Embassy of Ethiopia . Retrieved July 31, 2012. (English)
  2. ↑ German Embassy Addis Ababa . Archived from the original on July 18, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 31, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.addis-abeba.diplo.de
  3. ^ Website of the Federal Foreign Office . Retrieved February 14, 2017
  4. ↑ Haile Gabriel Dagne: The GDR's development policy engagement in Ethiopia: a study based on Ethiopian sources . LIT Verlag, Münster 2004, ISBN 978-3-8258-7519-0 , p. 10 .
  5. ^ Dagne: The development policy engagement . S. 17 .
  6. ↑ : "We have sent you arms and bread" . In: Der Spiegel . tape March 10 , 1980 ( spiegel.de [accessed May 23, 2018]).
  7. ^ Dagne: The development policy engagement . S. 26 .
  8. ^ Deutsche Welle (www.dw.com): Socialist Brotherhood: The GDR and Africa | DW | 09/01/2015. Retrieved May 23, 2018 .
  9. ↑ giz: Ethiopia . ( giz.de [accessed on May 23, 2018]).