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Ethiopian Civil War

Ethiopian Civil War
Part of the conflicts in the Horn of Africa and the Cold War
T-55s civil war.JPG
Disabled T-62 tank in Addis Ababa, 1991
Date 12 September 1974 – 4 June 1991
(16 years, 8 months, 3 weeks and 2 days)
Location Ethiopia
Result Fall of the Communist Mengistu government, installation of TPLF-led transitional government, to become EPRDF government
Territorial
changes
Independence of Eritrea; in 1993 Ethiopia becomes a landlocked country.
Belligerents

Logo of the Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Party.svgEPRP
TPLF
Ethiopia MEISON (from 1977)
EPDM


Ethiopia EDU


EPLF
ELF
Supported by:
 United States


OLF
ONLF
WSLF
ALF
Ethiopia Derg (1974-1987)
Ethiopia People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (1987–1991)
 Cuba
Supported by:
 Soviet Union
Commanders and leaders

Ethiopia Meles Zenawi
Eritrea Isaias Afewerki

Dawud Ibsa Ayana
EthiopiaEthiopia Mengistu Haile Mariam
Cuba Fidel Castro
Strength
Ethiopia / Ethiopia
150,000 (1989)
Casualties and losses

~400,000–579,000 violent deaths

~1,000,000 famine deaths

Logo of the Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Party.svgEPRP
TPLF
Ethiopia MEISON (from 1977)
EPDM

Ethiopia EDU


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