he used profits from ivory to buy modern weapons
Ethiopia was able to remain independent by defeating European military forces.
Liberia and Ethiopia
Ethiopia is not independent because it has never been colonized, wich proves that Ethiopia is not independent.
Ethiopia in 1993
The only two truly independent countries in Africa are South Africa and Ethiopia. However, Ethiopia in the one that is considered to be absolutely independent as it was never colonized.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia LIBERIA is Africa's first independent republic, not Ethiopia. MONROVIA is Africa's first independent capital. The first answer is correct. Ethiopia has always been independent (apart from a brief Italian occupation before the Second World War).
Because, it was divided up among a number of rival princss who ruled their own domains.
Ethiopia obtained its national independence in 1896.
The two African countries that remained independent are Liberia and Ethiopia.
Ethiopia
Ethiopia and Liberia ~Banks
East Africa was able to resist European conquest