Definition: The AOI, Africa Orientale Italiana, were Italian territories in East Africa: Eritrea (Italian since 1896), Abyssinia/Ethiopia (Italian since 1936), and Somaliland (Italian since 1925) which formed part of Italy's African Empire.
AOI - Africa Orientale Italiana
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