ETHIOPIA-POLITICAL CRISIS-ARMY

Ethiopian army tanks patrol the streets of Addis Ababa, on August 23, 1974, after the recent arrestation of the commanding officer of Haile Selassie's guard and while the army increased its power a few weeks before the deposition of Emperor Haile Selassie on September 12, 1974. On September 12, 1974, the Ethiopian military junta known as the Derg, or Provisional Military Administrative Council (PMAC), led by Mengistu Haile Mariam, overthrew the Ethiopian Empire and the last Emperor of Ethiopia Haile Selassie in a coup d'état, establishing Ethiopia as a MarxistLeninist state, after months of demonstrations and strikes against the management of the hidden famine of Wello and the reforms of the education system. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)