Ethiopia Recovers From Derg Days    • PDF  Addis Ababa, 28 May
2014 (WIC) - The facts are clear. Ethiopia is rapidly recovering
from the dreaded days of the Derg regime which was characterised
by a reign of terror and economic decline.  The Derg, (basically
a military junta), came to power after ousting, Haile Selassie
I, the former Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974.  Between
1974 and 1991, the country was plagued by a host of both man-
made and natural disasters that included war and famine. In the
mid-1980s, the world took notice of the ordinary Ethiopian's
plight in the most traumatic manner when famous muscians came
together for the purpose of raising money to feed the hungry.
On May 28, 1991, the Derg, led by Mengistu Haile Mariam, was
finally toppled by a coalition of forces under the umbrella of
the Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF).
A new Constitution was adopted in 1994 and a year later, multi-
party elections took place which saw Meles Zenawi elected as the
Prime Minister