After 14 years of dictatorship; Mengistu Haile Mariam was overthrown by troops of the Revolutionary Democratic Front of the Ethiopian Peoples (EPRDF) in May 1990.The EPRDF was formed in 1989 through the union of the Tipray People's Liberation Front (TPRF) and others ethnically-based opposition movements. With the help of the troops of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF) it was possible to conquer the capital Addis Ababa in May 1990 and bring about the end of the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. The EPRDF came to power.Children walk past a tank left behind by government forces.Tigray Highlands; September 1991.