Famine had once again taken hold in Ethiopia, this time in the midst of the rule of Mengistu Haile Mariam. Mengistu was the ruthless leader of the Derg, a military junta that ruled Ethiopia for ...

Known as the “Butcher of Addis,” Mengistu was the leader of the Derg, a military junta that ruled Ethiopia from 1974 to 1991 and carried out a brutal campaign of repression called the “Red ...

[6] “The Derg” is the appellation most commonly used to refer to the brutal military dictatorship that ruled Ethiopia from 1974-1991. When the military overthrew Emperor Haile Selassie in ...

Waiting for take-off alongside the top military officials from the Derg – Ethiopia’s communist dictatorship – sit artists, poets, historians, economists and businessmen. “Nobody is left in ...

Ethiopia, a key player in the Horn of Africa, is actively enhancing its military alliances with neighboring countries like Uganda, Kenya, and other African nations. This collaboration highlights ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) published its overview of the human rights situation in Ethiopia for 2024. The report stated that human rights continue to be violated, pointing to extrajudicial killings, ...

Medal Italian colonial soldiers stole from Prince Damtew resurfaces at auction 87 years after the war hero was executed.

where boys in their early teenage years are being forcibly recruited into military service to fight alongside Ethiopian federal government forces against rebel groups in the Amhara and Oromia ...

Bekele Mekonnen, an associate professor at the Ethiopian Fine Art School, stands as one of Ethiopia’s most revered ...

The dispute between Ethiopia and Egypt, which backs Somalia in its conflict with Ethiopia, is intensifying. The situation ...

Ethiopia has not had any form of stock exchange in 50 years, since the 1974 fall of Emperor Haile Selassie and the rise of a Marxist-inspired regime, known as the Derg, which nationalized the economy.