Ethiopia--History--1974-1995

found: Work cat: Prunier, G. (ed.). Understanding contemporary Ethiopia, 2015 :pages 2-3 (1991 saw the end of communism in Ethiopia [with downfall of Haile Mariam], and 20 year process of progressive "normalization" under leadership of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi)

found: Federal Research Div, Lib of Congress. Ethiopia, a country study, 4th ed. 1993.:preface (Marxist/Leninist regime collapsed with fall of dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam in 1991)

found: Britannica online, March 23, 2020:Ethiopia (in 1995 a new constitution was promulgated and the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia was created; constitution enshrined the principles of regionalism and ethnic autonomy, devolving power to regional states, several of them coalitions of smaller ethnic groups; also enshrined, for the first time as a constitutional principle, national ownership of land; country's first multiparty elections were held in 1995, but they were boycotted by most opposition groups)