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Coupe Ethiopia 1991
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
May 29, 1991
Hundreds of bodies lay in an area near to what was once a military ammunition depot. They were killed when an ammunition was set a light by the Ethiopian Army as they fled the capital and the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) advanced to topple the government of Mengistu Haile-Mariam.
In late May 1991 the long civil war in Ethiopia came to a climax when the alliance of four rebel groups, the EPRDF, toppled the authoritarian government of Mengistu Haile-Mariam and took control of Addis Ababa and the nation. The governing regime declared a cease-fire and fled.
In July 1991 the 24 different groups met in the capital and established a multi-party provisional government headed by Meles Zenawi, the Tigray Rebel Leader, to lead the country to its first free elections within two years.
May 29, 1991
Hundreds of bodies lay in an area near to what was once a military ammunition depot. They were killed when an ammunition was set a light by the Ethiopian Army as they fled the capital and the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) advanced to topple the government of Mengistu Haile-Mariam.
In late May 1991 the long civil war in Ethiopia came to a climax when the alliance of four rebel groups, the EPRDF, toppled the authoritarian government of Mengistu Haile-Mariam and took control of Addis Ababa and the nation. The governing regime declared a cease-fire and fled.
In July 1991 the 24 different groups met in the capital and established a multi-party provisional government headed by Meles Zenawi, the Tigray Rebel Leader, to lead the country to its first free elections within two years.
