International African Friends of Abyssinia passed resolutions urging all Africans and people of African descent to help Abyssinia and called upon the League of Nations and the British Government to protect Abyssinia. On 26 August, the IAFA organised a rally in Trafalgar Square which drew a crowd of nearly five hundred supporters. Members of the initial executive committee of the International African Friends of Abyssinia included: Other leading members came to include George Padmore, Chris Braithwaite and T. Ras Makonnen. International African Friends of Abyssinia The International African Friends of Abyssinia (IAFA), also known as the International African Friends of Ethiopia, was an organisation established
Name of Georgia (country) in Old Armenian "virk"' (վիրք), it being a source of Ancient Greek "iviria" (ιβηρία), that resulted in Latin "hiberia" (i.e. "Iberia"). Today the full, official name of the country in English is "Georgia", as specified in the Georgian constitution which reads ""Georgia" shall be the name of the State of Georgia." Before the 1995 constitution came into force the country's name was the "Republic of Georgia". The Georgian government works actively to remove Russian-derived exonym "Gruziya" from usage around the world. The native Georgian name for the country is Sakartvelo (საქართველო). The word consists of two parts. Its root, "kartvel-i"