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Decades of post-colonial chaos

"Veni, Vidi, Vici, numquam reliquit - ego adduxit inimici mei !"

About 1,400 Soviets, 700 East German and 500 Cuban instructors were deployed to the

area.

Ethiopia (1974-1990)

Emperor Haile Selassie I of the Ethiopian Empire was continuing to hold on to power in
the country and to protect the feudal system that held the country together. The emperor

set up the Derg to investigate how rations were handed out, but were given more power
and supported munitys among the soldiers. They eventually turned against the emperor.

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The Derg soon after abolished the monarchy and ended the empire. The leader of the
Derg was Mengistu Haile Mariam. He became a Marxist-Leninist, and the Derg came to

rule Ethiopia as a Marxist-Leninist military Junta. The Soviet Union supported him and
the Derg, and they began to supply him weapons and portray him positively. He then tried
to model Ethiopia off of the Eastern European members of the Warsaw Pact.

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As this occurred, many other leftist, separatist, and anti-communist groups rose up,
beginning the Ethiopian Civil War.

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As well, there were a number of dissenting Marxist-Leninist groups opposed the Derg for
ideological reasons.

Mali (2020)

President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta faced a wave of protests in Mali since 5 June 2020,

calling for his resignation from office caused by corruption and economic hardship. In 18
August 2020, the rebelling elements of Malian Armed Forces staged a coup against
Keïta, arresting dozens of high-ranking government officials and declaring Assimi Goïta

as interim head of state. There are several reports suggesting that Russia was behind the
coup in Mali as two coup plotters Colonel Malick Diaw and Sadio Camara are said to be

trained in Russia before staging a coup."

"Russian Involvement in Regime Change." 158
Wikipedia
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Between East and West: The Cold War's legacy in Africa

“ Newly independent nations such as Angola, Mozambique and the Democratic Republic
of Congo (DRC) provided the stages for some of the most bloody proxy battles between

"East" and "West", as the United States, apartheid-era South Africa and China tried to