took power in Ethiopia, having defeated the Derg military dictatorship after almost two decades of civil war. The Derg had presided over one of the darkest periods in recent Ethiopian history ...

Known as the “Butcher of Addis,” Mengistu was the leader of the Derg, a military junta that ruled Ethiopia from 1974 to 1991 and carried out a brutal campaign of repression called the “Red ...

How did Ethiopia fall into dictatorship and war? The Derg seized power in 1974, overthrowing Emperor Haile Selassie - but their rule led to mass killings, economic collapse, and conflict.

Ethiopia's army said on Friday its troops had killed more than 300 fighters from the Fano armed group in two days of clashes ...

While fighting between insurgent forces and the Ethiopian army may at times have risen to ... [5] The Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) fought against the Derg as allies of the EPRDF.

Ethiopian troops have killed more than 300 Fano armed group fighters, former allies against rebels in the Tigray region, in two days of renewed clashes in the northern Amhara region, according to ...

"175 soldiers of the Ethiopian army were treated here during the war ... during conflict with the Marxist regime known as the Derg, which ruled Ethiopia from 1974 to 1991. "When I see a patient ...

The Fano fighters fought alongside the Ethiopian army and Eritrean forces in a two-year war against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, which controls the northern Tigray region. Since then ...

Ethiopia's Army Says It Killed More Than 300 Fano Militiamen in Two Days of Fighting ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia's army said on Friday its troops had killed more than 300 fighters from the ...