Lieutenant-Colonel Mengistu Haile Mariam becomes Ethiopia’s head of state. Mengistu, head of the Provisional Armed Forces Commi

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South African History Online. (2012, January 31). Lieutenant-Colonel Mengistu Haile Mariam becomes Ethiopia’s head of state. Mengistu, head of the Provisional Armed Forces Commi. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073678

South African History Online (2012) 'Lieutenant-Colonel Mengistu Haile Mariam becomes Ethiopia’s head of state. Mengistu, head of the Provisional Armed Forces Commi', South African History Online, 31 January. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073678 (Accessed: 25 July 2026).

South African History Online, Lieutenant-Colonel Mengistu Haile Mariam becomes Ethiopia’s head of state. Mengistu, head of the Provisional Armed Forces Commi [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073678, (accessed 25 July 2026).

"Lieutenant-Colonel Mengistu Haile Mariam becomes Ethiopia’s head of state. Mengistu, head of the Provisional Armed Forces Commi." South African History Online, 31 Jan. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073678. Accessed 25 July 2026.

South African History Online. "Lieutenant-Colonel Mengistu Haile Mariam becomes Ethiopia’s head of state. Mengistu, head of the Provisional Armed Forces Commi." South African History Online. January 31, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073678.