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During early period of formation, the group fought with multidirectional rivalry in lieu of the central government. In 1978, the Derg commenced formal invasion of Ogaden region by Somalia, which claimed the region into integral part of Greater Somalia. [3] Map during the Ethiopian Civil War showing insurgent strategic route in advance of Addis ...
Two senior regime officials lived in the Italian embassy in Addis Ababa from 2008 [19] until their death sentences were commuted and they were granted parole in 2020. [20] Another individual who was found guilty in absentia in May 2002, Kelbessa Negewo , was returned from his exile in the United States several years later to serve a life sentence.
The Derg (or Dergue; Amharic: ደርግ, lit. ' committee ' or ' council '), officially the Provisional Military Administrative Council (PMAC), [4] [5] was the military dictatorship that ruled Ethiopia, then including present-day Eritrea, from 1974 to 1987, when the military junta formally "civilianized" the administration but stayed in power until 1991.
The Haile Selassie government was heavily criticized during the 1960s and early 1970s among the educated, especially by university students, who supported left-wing philosophies and held a deep resentment towards their living and studying conditions, as well as the insufficient amount of career opportunities that they were presented with after graduating.
During the early 1980s the Ethiopian government rendered the Somali inhabited Ogaden region a vast military zone, engaging in indiscriminate aerial bombardments and forced resettlement programs. [27] During the fall of 1980, towns and villages in Tigray were bombarded with napalm and cluster bombs by the regime. Massive military infantry sweeps ...
July – the famine garnered international attention especially from Western community. The Oxfam and Live Aid concerted charity which ignited controversy whether NGOs in Ethiopia were under the control of Derg government or Oxfam and Live Aid coordinated to the Derg's enforced resettlement programmes, which displaced and killed between 50,000 and 100,000 people.
During the 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia, United Nations estimated the number of deaths by hunger at about 1 million. [11] Affecting 7.75 million people (out of Ethiopia's 38–40 million) and left approximately 300,000 to 1.2 million dead. 2.5 million people were internally displaced whereas 400,000 refugees left Ethiopia, and 200,000 ...
The Wollo famine is regarded as one of the main root causes of Haile Selassie's government collapse. It has been estimated that the death toll reached 250,000 people in 1975. [1] This coupled the peasants revolution in Ethiopia, which continued through the successive Derg regime.