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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
May 29, 1991
In the city's center heavily armed Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) soldiers load into a truck to patrol the streets that still contain pockets of pro-Mengistu resistance.
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
In the city's center heavily armed Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) soldiers load into a truck to patrol the streets that still contain pockets of pro-Mengistu resistance.
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.
- Copyright
- Anthony Suau 1993
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- 3975x2639 / 3.5MB
- Contained in galleries
- Ethiopia Coup 1991
