Selassie returns to Ethiopia after attempted coup
Haile Selassie
Date: 17 December, 1960
Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie returned immediately to his country after a short successful coup launched on 13 December 1960 by the Imperial Bodyguard, the police chief and some radical intellectuals. Selassie was in Brazil on a diplomatic mission. The coup was suppressed by his loyal troops. Upon his return the Emperor pardoned his son, Asfa Wossen, who had been put into power by the rebels.
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