For the past few years, the Ethiopian military ... revolutionary government (“Derg” means “committee” in Amharic). The Derg was overthrown by a coalition of rebel forces led by the ...

Known as the “Butcher of Addis,” Mengistu was the leader of the Derg, a military junta that ruled Ethiopia from ... friends and family members during the Derg regime. Sally’s mother-in ...

And so it was for Aynalem and Genet who married each other in 1978 during ... government was overthrown by the Derg communist regime, paving the way for Mengistu's rule. Getty Images In 2008 ...