Ethiopia never lost its independence, except in wartime, so the question as put is unanswerable.
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South Africa was the last to gain independence in 1994. Eritrea was second to last in 1993.
I don't know that's why i am asking
The first country to gain independence is believed to be Japan in 600 BCE. However, Ethiopia is one of the countries that were never colonized.
Europeans sought economic gain from natural resources in Africa and consumer markets in Asia.
Ethiopia did never gain its independence. It has always been so. And it was the only county in Africa which has always (always is a bit relative; of course you can go 1000s of years back and the situation was different, but i guess your question was aimed to know more about the europe countries occupying african areas during imerialism) been independent.
The Europeans exploited Africa's land and people.
From South Africa.
Liberia was the first to gain independence after being colonized by outsiders, but the independence of Ethiopia dates to antiquity and was never fully ended.
The British kicked out the Italian occupation army that had been there since 1936. Before that, Ethiopia had always been an independent country.
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