The Derg (also spelled Dergue; Amharic: ደርግ, lit. 'committee' or 'council'), officially the Provisional Military Administrative Council (PMAC), was the military junta that ruled Ethiopia, then including present-day Eritrea, from 1974 to 1987, when the military leadership formally "civilianized" the administration but stayed in power until 1991.

A widespread famine affected Ethiopia from 1983 to 1985.Almost 200,000 children were orphaned. According to Human Rights Watch, more than half its mortality could be attributed to "human rights abuses causing the famine to come earlier, strike harder and extend further than would otherwise have been the case". According to the United States Agency for International …

This is a list of presidents of Ethiopia and also a list of heads of state after the fall of the Ethiopian Empire in 1974.. Until 1974, the heads of state of the Ethiopian Empire were either emperors or regents. From the coup d'état of the Derg leading to the fall of the empire in September 1974 until March 1975, the Derg considered the crown prince Asfaw Wossen (later …

Aillwee Cave (Irish: Aill Bhuí) is a cave system in the karst landscape of the Burren in County Clare, Ireland.The name Aillwee is derived from the Irish Aill Bhuí which means "yellow cliff". Privately owned, it forms part of the Aillwee Cave and Birds of Prey Centre attraction.

Mengistu Haile Mariam (Amharic: መንግሥቱ ኀይለ ማሪያም, pronunciation: [mənɡɨstu haɪlə marjam]; born 21 May 1937) is an Ethiopian politician and former army officer who was the head of state of Ethiopia from 1977 to 1991 and General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Ethiopia from 1984 to 1991. He was the chairman of the Derg, the socialist military junta that governed ...

The longest river in Ireland is the River Shannon, at 360.5 kilometres (224.0 mi).The river develops into three lakes along its course, Lough Allen, Lough Ree and Lough Derg.Of these, Lough Derg is the largest. The Shannon enters the Atlantic Ocean at the Shannon Estuary.Other major rivers include the River Liffey, River Lee, River Swilly, River Foyle, River Lagan, River …

The flag of Ethiopia (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ሰንደቅ ዐላማ, romanized: Ye-Ītyōṗṗyā sändäq ʿälama) is the national flag of Ethiopia.It consists of a green, yellow, and red tricolour with the National Emblem, a golden pentagram on a blue disc, superimposed at the center. While the colors green, yellow, and red in combination held symbolic importance since at least the ...

Aman Mikael Andom (Amharic: አማን ሚካኤል አንዶም, romanized: āman mīka’ēl āndom; Tigrinya: ኣማን ሚካኤል ዓንዶም; 21 June 1924 – 23 November 1974) was an Eritrean general and the first post-imperial acting head of state of Ethiopia.He was appointed to this position following the coup d'état that ousted Emperor Haile Selassie on 12 September 1974, and ...

Die politische Linke versucht die herkömmliche, meist als reaktionär oder konservativ verstandene Politik, die am Rückschritt auf ehemalige (reaktionäre) oder Erhalt der bestehenden (konservativen) Staats- und Gesellschaftsstrukturen ausgerichtet ist, zu überwinden.Dem setzt sie eine progressive, das heißt als fortschrittlich verstandene Politik entgegen, die durch Reformen …

Esta é uma lista de países que se autodeclararam socialistas, quer nos seus nomes, ou nas suas Constituições.Nenhum critério é utilizado; assim, alguns ou todos os países listados podem não atender à definição específica de socialismo.A sua única característica comum é usar o rótulo "socialista" para si mesmos, sob qualquer interpretação.