Yearly Archives: 1991
Posted on December 1, 1991, 11:20 pm By almariam
In August, 1991, Prime Minister Tamrat Layne presented his economic proposals for public debate. The 35-page (Amharic) booklet entitled Draft Transitional Economic Policy for Ethiopia sought to comprehensively address the…
Posted on August 3, 1991, 9:50 am By almariam
Posted on July 1, 1991, 7:33 pm By almariam
In less than a month Mengistu HaileMariam and his Derg have been swept from the Ethiopian political landscape. Victory for the Ethiopian People’s Democratic Revolutionary Front (EPDRF) came quickly and…
Posted on June 10, 1991, 7:55 pm By almariam
As opposition forces ringed Addis Ababa, Col. Mengistu Haile Mariam boarded an Ethiopian Airlines plane on May 22 and fled Ethiopia for a ranch in Zimbabwe. State-run radio announced Mengistu’s…
Originally appeared in Ethiopia Review Magazine August 3, 1991 http://www.ethiopianreview.com/index/345 By Alemayehu Gebre Mariam The July Conference Objectives Just three months ago few would have predicted the downfall of the…