Mengistu was the ruthless leader of the Derg, a military junta that ruled Ethiopia for over a decade ... the Mengistu government began what they called a “voluntary resettlement program ...

“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 ...

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).

Waiting for take-off alongside the top military officials from the Derg – Ethiopia’s communist ... looking among the packed aisles. As the Ethiopian regime’s newly anointed chief ...

On board is the Derg’s nomenklatura. As “Mr TV”, Tsegaye’s job is to complement the military ... regime’s “dirty laundry” in public, however gently. The novel speaks to continuing ...

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