“If the past has nothing to say to the present, history may go on sleeping undisturbed in the closet where the system keeps its old disguises.” — Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan journalist and ...

The Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) has played a crucial role in shaping Ethiopia's modern political landscape, evolving from a rebel group to a dominant ruling party, and ultimately ...

The Derg had presided over one of the darkest periods in recent Ethiopian ... areas, government attempts to repress rebellious ethnic groups and regions translated into indiscriminate military ...

For the past few years, the Ethiopian military has undertaken operations ... it set up a committee of officers to head the revolutionary government (“Derg” means “committee” in Amharic).

An old friend of Sally Dawit describes her time as a revolutionary during the rule of Ethiopia’s military government. During the rule of the Derg, Ethiopia’s military government, anyone who ...

In 1988, during the Derg regime, a communist military government that ruled Ethiopia for nearly two decades, they were accused of supporting the opposition and were forced to flee their land.

Disillusionment is reflected in mounting rates of desertion, irregular migration, and involvement in criminal activity.

A leading opposition party that dominated Ethiopian politics for decades has ... It led the 1991 revolution that toppled the authoritarian Derg regime and ruled until 2018, when current prime ...

Nestled atop a plateau that overlooks deserts and savannas linking the coastal lowlands and central highlands of Ethiopia and ...

AMANUEL SILESHI / AFP Are the recent high-level appointments in Ethiopia ... Werede has military legitimacy, stemming from his 17 years of armed struggle against the Derg regime, from 1974 to ...