| Date - Field | Ethiopia - Independence |
2012 January Independence | oldest independent country in Africa and one of the oldest in the world - at least 2,000 years (may be traced to the Aksumite Kingdom, which coalesced in the first century B.C.) |
2011 January Independence | oldest independent country in Africa and one of the oldest in the world - at least 2,000 years (may be traced to the Aksumite Kingdom, which coalesced in the first centuries B.C.) |
2010 January Independence | oldest independent country in Africa and one of the oldest in the world - at least 2,000 years |
2009 January Independence | oldest independent country in Africa and one of the oldest in the world - at least 2,000 years |
2008 January Independence | oldest independent country in Africa and one of the oldest in the world - at least 2,000 years |
2007 January Independence | oldest independent country in Africa and one of the oldest in the world - at least 2,000 years |
2006 January Independence | oldest independent country in Africa and one of the oldest in the world - at least 2,000 years |
2005 January Independence | oldest independent country in Africa and one of the oldest in the world - at least 2,000 years |
2004 January Independence | oldest independent country in Africa and one of the oldest in the world - at least 2,000 years |
2003 January Independence | oldest independent country in Africa and one of the oldest in the world - at least 2,000 years |
2002 January Independence | oldest independent country in Africa and one of the oldest in the world - at least 2,000 years |
2001 January Independence | oldest independent country in Africa and one of the oldest in the world - at least 2,000 years |
2000 January Independence | oldest independent country in Africa and one of the oldest in the world - at least 2,000 years |