Evil Days: Thirty Years of War and Famine in Ethiopia

Evil Days: Thirty Years of War and Famine in Ethiopia
ISBN-10
1564320383
ISBN-13
9781564320384
Category
Counterinsurgency
Pages
386
Language
English
Published
1991
Publisher
Human Rights Watch
Authors
Human Rights Watch, Alexander De Waal

Description

For the past thirty years-under both Emperor Haile Selassie and President Mengistu Haile Mariam-Ethiopia suffered continuous war and intermittent famine until every single province has been affected by war to some degree. Evil Days, documents the wide range of violations of basic human rights committed by all sides in the conflict, especially the Mengistu government's direct responsibility for the deaths of at least half a million Ethiopian civilians.

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