Ethiopian Civil War
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The Ethiopian Civil War was a protracted conflict from 1974 to 1991 between the Marxist Derg regime and various rebel groups, which devastated the country and led to the overthrow of Ethiopia’s military government.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ethiopian Civil War canonical | 18 |
| Ethiopian Civil War (1974–1991) | 4 |
| 1974 Ethiopian revolution | 1 |
| Ethiopian Civil War (against Derg) | 1 |
| Ethiopian civil war | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T366206 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Ethiopian Civil War Context triple: [Armed Forces of Cuba, participatedIn, Ethiopian Civil War]
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North Yemen Civil War
The North Yemen Civil War (1962–1970) was a conflict between royalist forces loyal to the Mutawakkilite Kingdom and republican revolutionaries backed by Egypt, which reshaped Yemen’s political landscape and became a major Cold War proxy war in the Middle East.
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B.
Second Italo-Ethiopian War
The Second Italo-Ethiopian War was a 1935–1936 conflict in which Fascist Italy invaded and conquered Ethiopia, marking a key episode of interwar imperial aggression and exposing the weakness of the League of Nations.
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C.
War of Attrition
The War of Attrition was a protracted conflict between Egypt and Israel from 1967 to 1970, marked by sustained artillery duels, air battles, and commando raids along the Suez Canal following the Six-Day War.
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D.
Angolan Civil War
The Angolan Civil War was a protracted Cold War–era conflict in Angola (1975–2002) involving rival liberation movements and extensive foreign intervention, including Cuban, Soviet, South African, and U.S. support to opposing sides.
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E.
Second Libyan Civil War
The Second Libyan Civil War was a multi-sided conflict that erupted after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi, pitting rival governments, militias, and foreign-backed factions against each other and plunging Libya into prolonged instability and violence.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Ethiopian Civil War Target entity description: The Ethiopian Civil War was a protracted conflict from 1974 to 1991 between the Marxist Derg regime and various rebel groups, which devastated the country and led to the overthrow of Ethiopia’s military government.
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A.
North Yemen Civil War
The North Yemen Civil War (1962–1970) was a conflict between royalist forces loyal to the Mutawakkilite Kingdom and republican revolutionaries backed by Egypt, which reshaped Yemen’s political landscape and became a major Cold War proxy war in the Middle East.
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B.
Second Italo-Ethiopian War
The Second Italo-Ethiopian War was a 1935–1936 conflict in which Fascist Italy invaded and conquered Ethiopia, marking a key episode of interwar imperial aggression and exposing the weakness of the League of Nations.
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C.
War of Attrition
The War of Attrition was a protracted conflict between Egypt and Israel from 1967 to 1970, marked by sustained artillery duels, air battles, and commando raids along the Suez Canal following the Six-Day War.
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D.
Angolan Civil War
The Angolan Civil War was a protracted Cold War–era conflict in Angola (1975–2002) involving rival liberation movements and extensive foreign intervention, including Cuban, Soviet, South African, and U.S. support to opposing sides.
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E.
Second Libyan Civil War
The Second Libyan Civil War was a multi-sided conflict that erupted after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi, pitting rival governments, militias, and foreign-backed factions against each other and plunging Libya into prolonged instability and violence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
armed conflict
ⓘ
civil war ⓘ |
| casualties | hundreds of thousands of people killed ⓘ |
| consequence |
large-scale human rights abuses
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mass displacement of civilians ⓘ political restructuring of Ethiopia into an ethnic federal system ⓘ severe economic devastation in Ethiopia ⓘ |
| country | Ethiopia ⓘ |
| displacedPersons | millions of internally displaced people ⓘ |
| endCause |
advance of EPRDF and EPLF forces on Addis Ababa
ⓘ
collapse of Soviet support to the Derg ⓘ military defeat of the Derg ⓘ |
| endTime | 1991 ⓘ |
| hasCause |
authoritarian rule of the Derg
ⓘ
land reform disputes ⓘ overthrow of Emperor Haile Selassie ⓘ social inequality in Ethiopia ⓘ |
| ideology |
Eritrean nationalism
ⓘ
Ethiopian nationalism ⓘ Marxism–Leninism ⓘ Tigrayan nationalism ⓘ communism ⓘ |
| location |
Eritrea
ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ |
| mainBelligerent |
Derg
ⓘ
Eritrean People's Liberation Front ⓘ Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front ⓘ Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party ⓘ Oromo Liberation Front ⓘ Ethiopia ⓘ
surface form:
People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Tigray People's Liberation Front ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Somalia
ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| opposingForce | various rebel groups ⓘ |
| partOf | Cold War ⓘ |
| result |
de facto independence of Eritrea
ⓘ
establishment of a transitional government in Ethiopia ⓘ fall of the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia ⓘ overthrow of the Derg ⓘ victory of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
1974 Ethiopian Revolution
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1984–1985 famine in Ethiopia ⓘ Battle of Shire ⓘ London peace talks of 1991 ⓘ Ogaden conflict ⓘ
surface form:
Ogaden War
Red Terror ⓘ fall of Addis Ababa in 1991 ⓘ |
| significantPerson |
Haile Selassie I
ⓘ
surface form:
Haile Selassie
Isaias Afwerki ⓘ Meles Zenawi ⓘ Mengistu Haile Mariam ⓘ |
| startTime | 1974 ⓘ |
| supportedBy |
Cuba
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People's Democratic Republic of Yemen ⓘ
surface form:
South Yemen
Soviet Union ⓘ |
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Subject: Ethiopian Civil War Description of subject: The Ethiopian Civil War was a protracted conflict from 1974 to 1991 between the Marxist Derg regime and various rebel groups, which devastated the country and led to the overthrow of Ethiopia’s military government.
Referenced by (25)
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