Mengistu's tottering empire. (Mengistu Haile Mariam of Ethiopia) (International)

The Economist (US) | May 20, 1989 | Copyright

Ethiopia's coup

Mengistu's tottering empire

SIX months ago the people of Addis Ababa, who used to be too scared to criticise Ethiopia's military regime, started making jokes at its expense. On May 16th the dissent turned serious. Mutinous troops surrounded the presidential palace and the ministries of defence and information. Helicopter gunships and MIG-21 fighter-bombers buzzed encouragingly overhead. By evening the coup's apparent leaders, the much-decorated heads of the air force and army, once loyal friends of the president, had been killed. So had the ...

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