History Of Grass - Roots Problems And Oppositions In Addis Ababa 1960

On the dawn of the revolution, all the groups including the grass - roots of the city rose against the state officials of the emperor; finally the movement for the change was seized by the men in uniform. After the military regime controlled the power of the country, the desire of the grass - roots for both the change and improvement was reduced highly. Without such strongly expressed oppositions the grass - roots of the city spent the military regime, furthermore the political consciousness of the grass - roots in the city reduced in this period highly and finally the military regime was toppled by the military groups called Ethiopian Peoples' Democratic Revolutionary Front in 1991.

Biruk Wondimu. Lecturer at Raya University,Ethiopia