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1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia
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A widespread famine affected Ethiopia from 1983 to 1985. The worst famine to hit the country in a century, it affected 7.75 million people and left approximately 300,000 to 1.2 million dead. 2.5 milli
Royal Air Force C-130 airdropping food during the famine in 1985
Royal Air Force C-130 airdropping food during the famine in 1985
According to Oxfam and Human Rights Watch, Mengistu Haile Mariam helped to organize policies that multiplied the effects of the famine. He was sentenc
According to Oxfam and Human Rights Watch, Mengistu Haile Mariam helped to organize policies that multiplied the effects of the famine. He was sentenced to death in Ethiopia for crimes committed during his government (Derg). As of 2018[update],[needs update] Mengistu lived in exile in Zimbabwe.
Famine relief being unloaded off a truck in 1985
Famine relief being unloaded off a truck in 1985
Food distribution organized by Ethiopian Red Cross volunteers
Food distribution organized by Ethiopian Red Cross volunteers
Ethiopian Civil War
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The Ethiopian Civil War was a civil war in Ethiopia and present-day Eritrea, fought between the Ethiopian military junta known as the Derg and Ethiopian-Eritrean anti-government rebels from 12 Septemb
1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia
…Ethiopia experienced famine for similar reasons, resulting in tens of thousands of additional deaths. The famine as a whole took place a decade into the Ethiopian Civil War. Since 1991, the favoured explanation for the famine of 1983–1985 is "war and drought". According to the organizations Human Rights Watch and Oxfam…
Ethiopian army soldiers huge rally in support of the Derg military junta
Ethiopian army soldiers huge rally in support of the Derg military junta
T 62 et T 55 détruits durant la guerre civile éthiopienne en 1991
T 62 et T 55 détruits durant la guerre civile éthiopienne en 1991
Destroyed Ethiopian tanks and EPLF militants
Destroyed Ethiopian tanks and EPLF militants
EPLF fighters standing on top of a truck after battle of Nakfa
EPLF fighters standing on top of a truck after battle of Nakfa