Travel Guide | November 28, 2011 Dereje Demissie Bulto and his book about the 1989 coup Ethiomedia | November 28, 2011 WASHINGTON, DC – Author Dereje Demissie, who is a lawyer by profession, reminisces, among others, how the 1989 coup in Ethiopia failed to topple former dictator Col. Mengistu Hailemariam. The coup was foiled and the plotters were rounded up while Mengistu was on a visit to the former East Germany. However, when Mengistu returned home, he showed no mercy and summarily executed most of the army generals, including the father of Dereje, General Demissie Bulto. Ethiomedia.com – An African-American news and views website. Copyright 2010 Ethiomedia.com. Email: [email protected] Ayittey says Ethiopians must end Zenawi’s apartheid Ethiopia’s crackdown ‘a threat to democracy’
