Talk:Ethiopian Civil War

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[edit] Dates chosen

Out of curiousity why were these particular dates chosen? Merhawie 19:21, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Fall of Selassie to fall of WPE (basically Derg). Before 1974, there was not as much conflict, and most of it ended after the fall of Addis Abeba in 1991. — ዮም | (Yom) | Talk • contribs • Ethiopia 03:14, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Page Purpose

Is there a purpose to this page? It seems to be a poor stub for the Eritrean War of Independence page...Seems to me they should be merged --Merhawie 22:50, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

There were a number of participants in this war that had nothing to do with the Eritrean war (EPRP, MEISON, etc.). — ዮም | (Yom) | Talk • contribs • Ethiopia 23:51, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

None seem mentioned on the page, you might want to add to the page... --Merhawie 00:44, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Is there any particular criteria you are using? How does the ONLF, OLF and the ELF fit in?

The Red Terror combined with the Eritrean War of Independence, though I guess those three you mentioned should probably be included (though more minor, especially OLF, and later especially ELF). — ዮም | (Yom) | Talk • contribs • Ethiopia 01:55, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Should the EPLF and ELF be removed from this pages list of combatants as they never fought for political control of Ethiopia but rather independence of Eritrea? --Merhawie 23:07, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

They fought for political control, however, and were very important in the course of the civil war. The fact that they were fighting for the secession of Eritrea from Ethiopia doesn't mean that they weren't part of the civil war, though; the Tamil Tigers are a secessionist group in Sri Lanka, and it is their fight against the government that is termed the Sri Lankan civil war. Either way, why did you put a fact tag on the fact that Eritrea was an important center of resistance? It's pretty evident, I think, especially given that the EPLF succeeded. — ዮም | (Yom) | Talk • contribs • Ethiopia 18:11, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

I put the tag there because I am unsure about Tigray, but the military movement for Eritrean Independence began not in 1974 but 1961. Because of this fact, I am troubled by its title as a Civil War because if it was such the Eritrean portion of it cannot be labeled so because it started before Eritrea was annexed as a Province of Ethiopia. So, unless the dates are changed I dont think the Eritrean groups should be included. --Merhawie 18:40, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

It was an important center of resistence during the civil war, though, which is what the sentence states. It doesn't say anything about when it became so or why. I think it's truthfulness is pretty evident so I am removing it; I am also adding Gonder, as this is where the Derg concentrated most of its Red Terror campaign against EPRP, and I think also EDU (not as sure about EDU). — ዮም | (Yom) | Talk • contribs • Ethiopia 04:16, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Combatants

How should it be set up to show the complexity of the war? It was all of these groups against the derg, but also EPRP vs. MEISON and MEISON & EPRP vs. the EDU, as well as the EPLF vs. ELF, etc. — ዮም | (Yom) | Talk • contribs • Ethiopia 03:16, 10 January 2007 (UTC)