Ethiopian Civil War

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armed conflict civil war

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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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Ethiopian Civil War canonical 18
Ethiopian Civil War (1974–1991) 4
1974 Ethiopian revolution 1

Statements (56)

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 ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
surface form: People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Tigray People's Liberation Front ⓘ
opposedBy Somalia ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: 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 conflict ⓘ
surface form: Ogaden War

Red Terror ⓘ
fall of Addis Ababa in 1991 ⓘ
significantPerson Haile Selassie I ⓘ
surface form: Haile Selassie

Isaias Afwerki ⓘ
Meles Zenawi ⓘ
Mengistu Haile Mariam ⓘ
startTime 1974 ⓘ
supportedBy Cuba ⓘ
People's Democratic Republic of Yemen ⓘ
surface form: South Yemen

Soviet Union ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

armed forces of Cuba → participatedIn → Ethiopian Civil War ⓘ
subject surface form: Armed Forces of Cuba
Haile Selassie I → coupDEtat → Ethiopian Civil War ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1974 Ethiopian revolution
Armed Forces of Ethiopia → conflict → Ethiopian Civil War ⓘ
Operation Moses → conflict → Ethiopian Civil War ⓘ
Operation Solomon → conflict → Ethiopian Civil War ⓘ
Operation Joshua → conflict → Ethiopian Civil War ⓘ
Eritrean War of Independence → partOf → Ethiopian Civil War ⓘ
Ethiopian Air Force → conflict → Ethiopian Civil War ⓘ
Derg → notableEvent → Ethiopian Civil War ⓘ
ENDF → engagedIn → Ethiopian Civil War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ethiopian Civil War (1974–1991)
1974 Ethiopian Revolution → followedBy → Ethiopian Civil War ⓘ
London peace talks of 1991 → partOf → Ethiopian Civil War ⓘ
London peace talks of 1991 → conflict → Ethiopian Civil War ⓘ
Mengistu Haile Mariam → conflict → Ethiopian Civil War ⓘ
Tigray People's Liberation Front → activeDuring → Ethiopian Civil War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ethiopian Civil War (1974–1991)
Meles Zenawi → participatedIn → Ethiopian Civil War ⓘ
Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party → participatedIn → Ethiopian Civil War ⓘ
Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front → participatedIn → Ethiopian Civil War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ethiopian Civil War (against Derg)
Aliyah from Ethiopia → historicalContext → Ethiopian Civil War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ethiopian civil war
Mivtsa Shlomo → conflictContext → Ethiopian Civil War ⓘ
Provisional Military Government of Socialist Ethiopia → conflict → Ethiopian Civil War ⓘ
Northern Ethiopia → hasConflictHistory → Ethiopian Civil War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ethiopian Civil War (1974–1991)
Horn of Africa conflicts → hasPart → Ethiopian Civil War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ethiopian Civil War (1974–1991)
Battle of Massawa → relatedTo → Ethiopian Civil War ⓘ
Fall of Asmara → relatedTo → Ethiopian Civil War ⓘ