Ethiopian Civil War

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The Ethiopian Civil War was a protracted conflict from 1974 to 1991 between the Marxist Derg regime and various rebel groups, which devastated the country and led to the overthrow of Ethiopia’s military government.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed conflict
civil war
casualties hundreds of thousands of people killed
consequence large-scale human rights abuses
mass displacement of civilians
political restructuring of Ethiopia into an ethnic federal system
severe economic devastation in Ethiopia
country Ethiopia
displacedPersons millions of internally displaced people
endCause advance of EPRDF and EPLF forces on Addis Ababa
collapse of Soviet support to the Derg
military defeat of the Derg
endTime 1991
hasCause authoritarian rule of the Derg
land reform disputes
overthrow of Emperor Haile Selassie
social inequality in Ethiopia
ideology Eritrean nationalism
Ethiopian nationalism
Marxism–Leninism
Tigrayan nationalism
communism
location Eritrea
Ethiopia
mainBelligerent Derg
Eritrean People's Liberation Front
Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front
Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party
Oromo Liberation Front
People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Tigray People's Liberation Front
opposedBy Somalia
Sudan
United States
opposingForce various rebel groups
partOf Cold War
result de facto independence of Eritrea
establishment of a transitional government in Ethiopia
fall of the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
overthrow of the Derg
victory of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front
significantEvent 1974 Ethiopian Revolution
1984–1985 famine in Ethiopia
Battle of Shire
London peace talks of 1991
Ogaden War
Red Terror
fall of Addis Ababa in 1991
significantPerson Haile Selassie
Isaias Afwerki
Meles Zenawi
Mengistu Haile Mariam
startTime 1974
supportedBy Cuba
South Yemen
Soviet Union


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