Fall of the Derg regime
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The fall of the Derg was a military campaign that resulted in the defeat of the ruling Marxist–Leninist military junta, the Derg, by the rebel coalition Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Fro
A destroyed T-62 tank outside the Presidential Palace shortly after the fall of the Derg on 28 May 1991
Tanks of the EPRDF in Addis Ababa, May 1991
Mengistu Haile Mariam
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Mengistu Haile Mariam is an Ethiopian former politician, revolutionary, and military officer who served as the head of state of Ethiopia from 1977 to 1991. He was General Secretary of the Workers' Par
Mengistu in 1977-1978
Fidel Castro meets with Mengistu Haile Mariam in Ethiopia, 1977
Same Mengistu's speech. Moment during which he is throwing a bottle filled with blood.
Propaganda poster, shows Mengistu.