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The Fall of Addis Ababa
In May 1991, the brutal Ethiopian dictator, Colonel Mengistu and his miltary regime were on the verge of collapse, as rebel forces advanced on the capital Addis Ababa. We hear from an American diplomat who witnessed the end of Ethiopia's civil war.
Photo: EPRDF rebels in Addis Ababa, 28 May, 1991.
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