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Ethiopian Civil War - Coggle Diagram
Ethiopian Civil War
Key events
Derg coup
1974
Ogaden War with Somalia
1977-1978
Red Star Campaign
1982
The Derg government was overthrown
Overthrown by by the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF)
How the war ended
Downfall of the Derg regime
1991
EPRDF enters Addis Ababa
Ended May 28, 1991
Beginning of the transitional government
Impact
Increased pre-existing tension between the US and the Soviet Union
The war between Eritrea and Ethiopia
began in 1998
Continued instability of the region in which the Ethiopian Civil War and the Ogaden War had taken place
Eritrean-Ethiopian border conflicts
Displacement
What caused the war
Political tentions
How the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) acted in government
They refused to participate in the Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government
Divisions of ethnicity
Who was involved
Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF)
Ethiopian federal government
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed
Eritrean Defense Forces
Oromo Liberation Army (OLA)
Superpower Support
US supported Ethiopia
Economic and military aid
Fight the struggle of Eritrean independence
Deter the expansion of Somali
Soviet Union supported Somalia
Economic and military aid
Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation