Ethiopian Civil War | |||||||||
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Part of the conflicts in the Horn of Africa and the Cold War | |||||||||
Disabled T-62 tank in Addis Ababa, 1991 |
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Belligerents | |||||||||
EPRP EPLF OLF ONLF WSLF ALF |
Derg (1974-1987) People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (1987–1991) Cuba Supported by: Soviet Union |
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Dawud Ibsa Ayana |
Mengistu Haile Mariam Fidel Castro |
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Strength | |||||||||
/ 150,000 (1989) |
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Casualties and losses | |||||||||
~400,000–579,000 violent deaths ~1,000,000 famine deaths |
EPRP
TPLF
MEISON (from 1977)
EPDM