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Mengistu, an army lieutenant colonel, was a member of the Marxist junta known as the Derg which ruled Ethiopia from 1974 after the ousting of Emperor Haile Selassie, assuming control of it in a bloody coup in 1977.
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Zimbabwe and was tried in absentia, was known as "defendant number one" in the case against himself and other senior members of his so-called Derg (Committee) regime.
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The new Ethiopian Government, called the Derg, was a
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The new Ethiopian Government, called the Derg, was a Marxist military junta led by Ethiopian strongman Mengistu Haile Miriam.
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In 1984/5, the Soviet-supported socialist military junta known as the "Derg" denied the existence of a famine which consumed over 1 million Ethiopians.
Alemayehu G. Mariam: Famine and the Noisome Beast in Ethiopia 2009
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Mengistu, who is living in exile in Zimbabwe and was tried in absentia, is accused of genocide and crimes against humanity along with other former senior members of his so-called "Derg"
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Ethiopian authorities have arrested a fugitive ex-member of dictator Mengistu Haile Miriam's communist "Derg" regime who was convicted of genocide here, officials said Sunday.
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Marxist military or "Derg" regime of former dictator Mengistu
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The top leaders of the co-called "Derg" (Committee) regime are also accused of the murders of Emperor Haile Selassie, whom they toppled in a 1974 coup, and Orthodox Patriarch Abuna Tefelows.
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Zimbabwe, is accused of genocide and crimes against humanity along with other senior members of his so-called "Derg" (Committee) regime that ruled Ethiopia for 17 years.
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