Talk:Derg

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"The Derg government was finally toppled by a coalition of rebel forces, the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), in 1991" yet it says until 1987 at the beginning.. hmm??? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 65.93.194.25 (talk • contribs) 16:24, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

The government nominally changed to a democratic republic in 1987 (see People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia), but Mengistu remained in power until 1991. But it was helpful of you to point this out: strictly speaking the '87 to '91 government was not the Derg. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 19:06, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] What's this?

"With a state-run, centrally-planned economy, Ethiopia descended into a long period of economic collapse."

Is this NPOV? I don't think so. There's no law that says planned economies fall into "economic collapse". This should be removed. Redflagflying 04:02, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Also see my following comment, from nearly a year ago (and which I had forgotten about). Seeing how no one has objected since last December I will remove the statement. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 03:14, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

A couple of comments, regarding a couple of statements: First is "It is now known that he was suffocated in his bed by his captors." Can someone provide a source for this? I remember reading that he was strangled. Mengistu (as one would probably expect) has denied such reports. Second is "With a state-run, centrally-planned economy, Ethiopia descended into a long period of economic collapse." This strikes me as being PoV. Couldn't the previous system, similar to feudalism, also be considered "state-run" and "centrally-planned?" And I can't provide a source (right now), but I also remember reading that the most devastating famine of all occurred several centuries ago, in which up to half of the country may have died (of course, at that point it wouldn't have been "Ethiopia" in the modern sense). -- Gyrofrog (talk) 08:14, 10 December 2005 (UTC)