The Ethiopian Civil War, a civil war fought by rebels against the Ethiopian government between 1974 and 1991, leading to the fall of the regime and the independence of Eritrea after a rebel victory
It was considered the sudden death of the hopes that Ethiopia's revolution, barely ten weeks old, could remain bloodless, as epitomised by the slogan "Ityopiya tikdem, yala mimin dem” — “Let Ethiopia progress, without any bloodshed”.
In 1973, the political situation of the country had changed and the Ethiopian military had ousted the imperial regime and taken control.
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Abune Mathias eventually settled in Washington, D.C., where he presided over an Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church made up of exiles who had fled the Ethiopian revolution, and continued to broadcast messages against the Derg regime on Voice of America.
Gibb's third novel, Sweetness in the Belly (2005), is set against the backdrop of the Ethiopian Revolution and largely takes place in the ancient walled city of Harar.