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Jamaica’s Olivia Grange conferred with one of Ethiopia’s highest honors
Jamaica’s Culture Minister Olivia Grange was invested as a Dame Grand Cross of the Imperial Order of the Star of Honour of Ethiopia.
The investiture was made by the Crown Council of Ethiopia at the Command of His Imperial Highness The Prince Ermias Sahle-Selassie.
The Crown Council said Grange was honored “because of the kindness and diligence with which she enabled the recent formal visit to Jamaica of Prince Ermias and Princess Desta Saba, and for her great friendship with the Crown of Ethiopia that have contributed materially to the improvement of Jamaica-Ethiopia ties.”
Grange was formally invested by Prince Ermias on Saturday, in Washington, DC on the occasion of the annual Victory of Adwa Commemorative Dinner which also commemorated with the Victory of Gondar.
The Victory of Adwa and the Victory of Gondar are two great military victories of Ethiopia under Emperors Menilek II and Haile Selassie I respectively, that marked turning points for Ethiopia, Africa, and the world. -(CMC)