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ETHIOPIA<br />

M. M. NINAN<br />

military units remained loyal and worked together to crush the coup. By 17 December, loyalists<br />

had regained control of Addis Ababa and the conspirators were either dead or had fled the<br />

capital. Mengistu was hanged in the open square.<br />

Will this lead to more civil war and trouble? So we had to decide whether fully pregnant<br />

Ponnamma should stay behind. So with the whole teachers gang advised to sent her back<br />

home for delivery. The Embassy of India was cooperative and within a day they separated the<br />

passport and gave her the new passport to go home.<br />

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