Ethiopian Civil War
Ethiopian Civil War |
Part of the conflicts in the Horn of Africa and the Cold War
|

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. |
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Belligerents |
EPRP
TPLF
MEISON (from 1977)
EPDM
EDU
EPLF
ELF Supported by:
United States
OLF
ONLF
WSLF
ALF
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Derg (1974-1987)
People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (1987–1991)
Cuba Supported by:
Soviet Union
|
Commanders and leaders |
 Meles Zenawi
 Isaias Afewerki
Dawud Ibsa Ayana
|
 Mengistu Haile Mariam
Fidel Castro
|
Strength |
|
/ 
150,000 (1989) |
Casualties and losses |
~400,000–579,000 violent deaths
~1,000,000 famine deaths |
EPRP
TPLF
MEISON (from 1977)
EPDM
EDU
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