 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Chibvumirano cheWuchale, chakasainwa muna 1889, chakataura mumutauro wechiItaly kuti Ethiopia yaifanira kuva mudziviriri weItaly, nepo mutauro wechiAmharic weEthiopia wakataura kuti Mambo weEthiopia Menelik II aigona kuenda kuburikidza neItaly kuti aite nyaya dzekunze. Ikoku sezvingabvira kwakaitika nemhaka yeshanduro isina kururama yechiito, icho chakaumba chikamu chinobvumira muchiAmharic uye chimwe chinomanikidzira muchiItaly. Apo misiyano iri mumavhezheni yakabuda pachena, muna 1895 Menelik II akabvisa chibvumirano ndokusiya chibvumirano chekutevera mutemo wekunze weItaly; Italy yakashandisa kuregererwa uku sechikonzero chekupinda muEthiopia. Ethiopia yakawana betsero yoUmambo hweRussia, iyo fariro dzayo imene muEast Africa dzakatungamirira hurumende yaNicholas II weRussia kutumira uwandu hukuru hwezvombo zvemazuva ano kuvaEthiopia kudzivisa kupinda kweItaly. Mukupindura, Britain yakasarudza kutsigira vaItaly kupikisa pesvedzero yeRussia muAfrica ndokuzivisa kuti Ethiopia yose yakanga iri munharaunda yefariro dzeItaly. Pavakanga vava kuda kutanga hondo, mauto eItaly uye kuda nyika yavo zvakanyanyisa, zvokuti vanhu vokuItaly vakatanga kuunganira Royal Italian Army, vachitarisira kuti vaizopinda muhondo yaizouya. 