Anglo-Ethiopian Treaty of 1897..........

[Adan*5]

The Anglo-Ethiopian Treaty of 1897 (sometimes called the Anglo-Ethiopian Agreement of 1897) was an agreement negotiated between diplomat Sir Rennell Rodd of Great Britain and Emperor Menelik II of Ethiopia regarding primarily border issues between Ethiopia and colonial British Somaliland. It was signed on May 14, 1897 in order to, as the preamble to the treaty stated: to "strengthen and render more effective and profitable the friendship between the two kingdoms".

The treaty involved several Articles, including:

* Article I: allowed subjects from Ethiopia and British Somaliland to have full liberties in regards to commerce with each other.
* Article II: defined the geographical boundaries between Ethiopia and British Somaliland.
* Article III: specified keeping open the caravan route between Harar and the colonial port of Zeila.
* Article IV: Ethiopia granted Great Britain favoured rights in respect to import duties and taxes.
* Article V: allowed Ethiopian import of military equipment through British Somaliland.
* Article VI: dealt with problems concerning Sudanese Mahdists.


They never cared about somalis or somalland.

[The_Emperior5]

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