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People: Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier
Topic: Ethiopia: Famine of 1973
Location: Bridgwater Somerset United Kingdom

Ethiopia: Famine of 1973

Years: 1973 - 1973

Failure of the government to handle the 1973 famine in Ethiopia leads to fall of Haile Selassie and to Derg rule.

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—Howard Zinn, You Can't Be Neutral ... (2004)