Also for the first time ever , the head of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church , Patriarch Abune Paulos , attended Participation a papal funeral .

The Ethiopian Civil War was a civil war Military_operation in Ethiopia and present Presence day Eritrea , fought Hostile_encounter between the Ethiopian military junta communist governments and Ethio-Eritrean anti-government rebels from September 1974 to June 1991 .

The Ethiopian Civil War was a civil war Military_operation in Ethiopia and present Presence day Eritrea , fought Hostile_encounter between the Ethiopian military junta communist governments and Ethio-Eritrean anti-government rebels from September 1974 to June 1991 .

The Derg overthrew Change_of_leadership the Ethiopian Empire and Emperor Haile Selassie in a coup d'état on 12 September 1974 , establishing Creating Ethiopia as a Marxist-Leninist communist state with itself as a military junta and provisional government .

The Derg used Using military campaigns and the Qey Shibir ( Ethiopian Red Terror ) to repress Hindering the rebels .

The Ethiopian Civil War ended Process_end on 4 June 1991 when the Ethiopian People 's Revolutionary Democratic Front ( EPRDF ) , a coalition of left-wing ethnic rebel groups , entered Arriving the capital Addis Ababa and overthrew Change_of_leadership the WEP .

The Ethiopian Civil War ended Process_end on 4 June 1991 when the Ethiopian People 's Revolutionary Democratic Front ( EPRDF ) , a coalition of left-wing ethnic rebel groups , entered Arriving the capital Addis Ababa and overthrew Change_of_leadership the WEP .

The Ethiopian Civil War left Causation at least 1.4 million people dead , with 1 million of the deaths being related to famine and the remainder from combat and other violence .

On 5 June 2018 , the ruling Legal_rulings coalition Collaboration of Ethiopia ( Ethiopian People 's Revolutionary Democratic Front ) , headed Motion by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed , agreed Agree_or_refuse_to_act to fully implement Action the peace treaty signed Sign_agreement with Eritrea in 2000 , with peace declared Expressing_publicly by both parties in July 2018 .

Much of this , however , went to Motion the Ethiopian government of Mengistu Haile Mariam – a regime the UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher wanted to `` destabilise '' – and was spent Expend_resource on guns .

Ethiopian Belainesh Gebre won in 2011 , setting Placing a course record Recording of 40:46 , while two Kenyan runners won in 2012 and 2013 , Veronica Nyaruai followed by Sylvia Kibet .

The British Expedition Traveling to Abyssinia was a rescue Rescuing mission and punitive expedition Scrutiny carried out Action in 1868 by the armed Bearing_arms forces of the British Empire against the Ethiopian Empire .

The formidable obstacles Hindering to the action were overcome Conquering by the commander of the expedition Scrutiny , General Sir Robert Napier , who was victorious Statement in every battle Hostile_encounter with the troops of Tewodros , captured Conquering the Ethiopian capital and rescued Rescuing all the hostages .

In 2006 , Ethiopian troops seized most of the south from the newly formed Coming_to_be Islamic Courts Union ( ICU ) .

The Eritrean War of Independence was a conflict fought Hostile_encounter between the Ethiopian government and Eritrean separatists from September 1961 to May 1991 .

Eritrea was claimed Statement by the Ethiopian Empire from 1947 after Eritrea was liberated Change_of_leadership from Italy 's occupation since 1890 ( both countries were part of Italian East Africa during World War II ) .

Eritrea 's declining Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale autonomy and growing Expansion discontent with Ethiopian rule caused Causation an independence movement led by the Eritrean Liberation Front ( ELF ) in 1961 , leading Causation Ethiopia to dissolve Dispersal the federation and annex Eritrea the next year .

The Ethiopian People 's Revolutionary Democratic Front ( EPRDF ) , with the help Assistance of the EPLF , defeated Conquering the People 's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia ( PDRE ) when it took Action control of the capital Addis Ababa a month later .

In the men 's races Competition , Kenyan and Ethiopian athletes have won every race Competition , with each nation claiming Statement three victories .

Ethiopian runners have also been successful in the women 's races Competition , winning on all but one occasion .

The EPLF attacked Attack the ELF when it appeared that the ELF were attempting to negotiate Communication a peace deal with the enemy Soviet and Ethiopian governments .

The war was fought Hostile_encounter between the armed forces of the Kingdom of Italy and those of the Ethiopian Empire ( also known as Abyssinia ) .

The Ethiopian Empire became Becoming a part of the Italian colony of Italian East Africa .

The men 's elite race Competition was won by Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge and the women 's race Competition was won by Ethiopian Tigist Tufa .