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Title:Ethiopia: Rebel Fighters Consolidate Their Control Of Addis Ababa After Defeating Government Troops
Date:29th May 1991
Summary:Rebel Ethiopian fighters consolidated their control of the capital Addis Ababa on May 29, after defeating government troops in a dawn battle the day before. Some 200 soldiers and civilians were thought to have died as the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) battled their way into the city in just three hours.
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Location:ETHIOPIA ADDIS ABABA ABYSSINIA
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