Coalition of Ethiopian Democratic Forces

The Coalition of Ethiopian Democratic Forces (abbreviated COEDF) was a political coalition in Ethiopia, formed by former arch-rivals MEISON and the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party during the final phase of the Derg regime.[1] Marsa Yosef (a key EPRP leader) served as the chairman of COEDF.[2]

During the transitional period after the fall of the Derg, TPLF and EPRDF excluded COEDF from the Council of Representatives. Notably COEDF lacked any military force of its own as a means of pressure.[3]

References
  1. Merera Gudina. Ethiopia: From Autocracy to Revolutionary Democracy, 1960s-2011. Addis Ababa: [s.n.], 2011. p. 60
  2. Uhlig, Siegbert. Encyclopaedia Aethiopica 2 D- Ha. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2005. pp. 433
  3. Merera Gudina. Ethiopia: From Autocracy to Revolutionary Democracy, 1960s-2011. Addis Ababa: [s.n.], 2011. p. 69
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