Dergue
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Dergue
C20: from Amharic, literally, committee
Example Sentences
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A champion of capitalism, Ahmed joined an armed uprising as a young man against his country’s Dergue Socialist regime.
From Washington Times
Eshetu Alemu had accepted blame for crimes of the former regime known as the Dergue but told judges he did not personally commit them.
From Seattle Times
The Dergue was led by former dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam, who now lives in exile in Zimbabwe.
From Seattle Times
The Dergue was led by former dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam, who lives in exile in Zimbabwe.
From Seattle Times
In a dramatic confrontation Thursday with survivors in a Dutch courtroom nearly 40 years after his alleged crimes, 63-year-old Eshetu Alemu accepted blame for the crimes of the Marxist rulers known as the Dergue, but insisted he did not carry out the crimes for which he is being held responsible by Dutch war crimes prosecutors.
From Seattle Times
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