{"id":784,"date":"2026-01-27T17:28:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T17:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatistandfor.co\/humanrights\/?p=784"},"modified":"2026-01-27T17:31:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T17:31:21","slug":"haile-selassie-last-emperor-in-east-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.whatistandfor.co\/humanrights\/haile-selassie-last-emperor-in-east-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Haile Selassie last Emperor in east Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>During Haile Selassie\u2019s reign (1930\u20131974), Ethiopia was:<\/div>\n<div>One of the oldest continuous empires in the world<\/div>\n<div>A multi\u2011ethnic empire including:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Amhara,Oromo,Tigray,Somali,Afar,Sidama<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>East Africa Before the 1970s Was Relatively Stable<\/div>\n<div>The region around Lake Victoria \u2014 Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania \u2014 and the Ethiopian Empire had:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Stable borders<\/div>\n<div>Predictable governments<\/div>\n<div>Strong cultural and trade connections<\/div>\n<div>No major interstate wars<\/div>\n<div>Ethiopia had especially good relations with:<\/div>\n<div>Kenya (cooperation on borders and trade)<\/div>\n<div>Tanzania (Pan\u2011African solidarity)<\/div>\n<div>Uganda (diplomatic ties, especially early on)<\/div>\n<div>This stability is why Haile Selassie was respected as a continental elder statesman.<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Haile Selassie Was a Stabilizing Force<\/div>\n<div>He played a major role in:<\/div>\n<div>Founding the Organization of African Unity (OAU) in 1963<\/div>\n<div>Mediating conflicts between African states<\/div>\n<div>Supporting independence movements<\/div>\n<div>Keeping Ethiopia unified despite ethnic diversity<\/div>\n<div>He was seen as a symbol of African sovereignty and continuity<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>Additional resources<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newworldencyclopedia.org\/entry\/Ethiopian_Empire\">Link<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During Haile Selassie&rsquo;s reign (1930&ndash;1974), Ethiopia was: One of the oldest continuous empires in the world A multi&#8209;ethnic empire including: Amhara,Oromo,Tigray,Somali,Afar,Sidama East Africa Before the 1970s Was Relatively Stable The region around Lake Victoria &mdash; Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania &mdash; and the Ethiopian Empire had: Stable borders Predictable governments Strong cultural and trade connections No major [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","hide_page_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.whatistandfor.co\/humanrights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.whatistandfor.co\/humanrights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.whatistandfor.co\/humanrights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.whatistandfor.co\/humanrights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.whatistandfor.co\/humanrights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=784"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.whatistandfor.co\/humanrights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":785,"href":"http:\/\/www.whatistandfor.co\/humanrights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784\/revisions\/785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.whatistandfor.co\/humanrights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.whatistandfor.co\/humanrights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.whatistandfor.co\/humanrights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}