Ethiopia has had its own set of conflicts as well.And that has nothing to do with race.
What stopped Ethiopia from becoming the next Germany, or Japan?
Ethiopia has a pretty big population size, and could use that to become a powerhouse.
Since Ethiopia wasn't colonized, then why is it poor, and illiterate by African standards?
Sure, Ethiopia had some wars, and invasions, but so did Germany, and Japan.
So, why isn't Ethiopia the next Germany, or Japan?
Why isn't Switzerland? Poland? Brazil? The Balkins?
It takes more then population size.
Switzerland's a pretty advanced nation, and Poland's catching up.
Poland had a per capita income GDP about half of Mexico, or Turkey in 1990 near the fall of the Berlin Wall, now Poland's close to a 1/3rd higher in per capita income GDP than Mexico, or Tiurkey.
Of course there's the major difference, that Poland experienced their capital city destroyed, and ethnic cleansed by Nazi Germany in WW2.
Then experienced economically stagnating Communism.
When did Ethiopia's capital city look like this?
Did Ethiopia benefit from the Marshall plan?