About: Ethiopian Civil War   Sponge Permalink

An Entity of Type : dbkwik:resource/krD_GSPHhNL2IejCI7diCQ==, within Data Space : 134.155.108.49:8890 associated with source dataset(s)

The wars revolutionaries abolished the monarchy in March 1975 and Crown Prince Asfaw Wossen settled permanently in New York City, New York, USA where several other members of the Imperial family were already based. The other members of the Imperial family who were still in Ethiopia at the time of the revolution were imprisoned. The imprisoned members of the Imperial family included Amha Selassie's father, Emperor Haile Selassie, his daughter by his first marriage, Princess Ijigayehu, his sister, Princess Tenagnework, and many of his nephews, nieces, relatives and in-laws. In 1975, his father, Emperor Haile Selassie, died in detention. In 1977, his daughter, Princess Ijigayehu, died in detention. Members of the Imperial family remained imprisoned until 1988 (for the women) and 1989 (for the

AttributesValues
rdf:type
rdfs:label
  • Ethiopian Civil War
rdfs:comment
  • The wars revolutionaries abolished the monarchy in March 1975 and Crown Prince Asfaw Wossen settled permanently in New York City, New York, USA where several other members of the Imperial family were already based. The other members of the Imperial family who were still in Ethiopia at the time of the revolution were imprisoned. The imprisoned members of the Imperial family included Amha Selassie's father, Emperor Haile Selassie, his daughter by his first marriage, Princess Ijigayehu, his sister, Princess Tenagnework, and many of his nephews, nieces, relatives and in-laws. In 1975, his father, Emperor Haile Selassie, died in detention. In 1977, his daughter, Princess Ijigayehu, died in detention. Members of the Imperial family remained imprisoned until 1988 (for the women) and 1989 (for the
sameAs
discuss
  • Talk:Ethiopian Civil War#What about the Ethiopian Revolution?
Strength
  • 17000(xsd:integer)
  • 150000(xsd:integer)
dcterms:subject
dbkwik:military/pr...iPageUsesTemplate
Casus
  • Derg coup d'etat
Partof
  • the conflicts in the Horn of Africa and the Cold War
Date
  • --01-16
  • January 2013
Commander
  • Meles Zenawi
  • Dawud Ibsa Ayana
  • Fidel Castro
  • Isaias Afewerki
  • Kim Il-Sung
  • Mengistu Haile Mariam
Territory
  • Independence of Eritrea
Caption
  • Disabled T-62 tank in Addis Ababa, 1991
Casualties
  • 400000(xsd:integer)
Result
  • Fall of the Communist Mengistu government, installation of TPLF-led transitional government, to become EPRDF government
combatant
  • United States of America
  • Libya
  • ALF
  • Supported by:
  • ---- EPLF
  • Derg
  • ELF ---- OLF
  • EPDM ---- EDU
  • EPRP
  • MEISON
  • ONLF
  • People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
  • TPLF
  • WSLF
Place
Conflict
  • Ethiopian Civil War
abstract
  • The wars revolutionaries abolished the monarchy in March 1975 and Crown Prince Asfaw Wossen settled permanently in New York City, New York, USA where several other members of the Imperial family were already based. The other members of the Imperial family who were still in Ethiopia at the time of the revolution were imprisoned. The imprisoned members of the Imperial family included Amha Selassie's father, Emperor Haile Selassie, his daughter by his first marriage, Princess Ijigayehu, his sister, Princess Tenagnework, and many of his nephews, nieces, relatives and in-laws. In 1975, his father, Emperor Haile Selassie, died in detention. In 1977, his daughter, Princess Ijigayehu, died in detention. Members of the Imperial family remained imprisoned until 1988 (for the women) and 1989 (for the men). The Derg eliminated its political opponents between 1975 and 1977 in response to the declaration and instigation of an Ethiopian White Terror against the Derg by various opposition groups, primarily the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party (EPRP). Like the Derg, it was Marxist. Brutal tactics were used by both sides, including executions, assassinations, torture and the imprisonment of tens of thousands without trial, most of whom were innocent. The Ethiopian Red/White Terror was the "urban guerrilla" chapter of the brutal war. The government fought with guerrillas fighting for Eritrean independence for its entire period in power, as well as with other rebel groups ranging from the conservative and pro-monarchy Ethiopian Democratic Union (EDU) to the far leftist EPRP. The Tigrayan People's Liberation Front (TPLF), who would become the eventual victor of this conflict, was one of the smaller groups at this time and the Derg did not bother to mount a serious campaign against them until the Semien Zemecha in 1978. At the same time, the Derg faced an invasion from Somalia in 1977, which sought to annex the eastern parts of Ethiopia, which were predominantly inhabited by Somalis. The Ethiopian army was able to defeat the Somali Army, supported by the Western Somali Liberation Front, only with massive military assistance from the Soviet Union and Cuba. Under the Derg, Ethiopia became the Warsaw Pact's closest ally in Africa, and became one of the best-armed nations of the region as a result of massive military aid, chiefly from the Soviet Union, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, East Germany, Cuba and North Korea. Most industries and private urban real-estate holdings were nationalized by the Derg in 1975.
is History of
is Wars of
is Battles of
Alternative Linked Data Views: ODE     Raw Data in: CXML | CSV | RDF ( N-Triples N3/Turtle JSON XML ) | OData ( Atom JSON ) | Microdata ( JSON HTML) | JSON-LD    About   
This material is Open Knowledge   W3C Semantic Web Technology [RDF Data] Valid XHTML + RDFa
OpenLink Virtuoso version 07.20.3217, on Linux (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu), Standard Edition
Data on this page belongs to its respective rights holders.
Virtuoso Faceted Browser Copyright © 2009-2012 OpenLink Software