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How we died
Hundreds of thousands of Dega were killed in wars fought across our land by armies that were not ours. What has happened since those wars ended is harder to count, and is the reason we use the word genocide. This page sets out the figures we have, where each comes from, and why we think the legal term applies.
The American years, 1961–1975
It began in one Rhade village in October 1961 with two Americans and no authority to speak of, and grew within a year into an armed network covering 200 villages and 60,000 people. Dega soldiers became among the most reliable troops in the highlands. By the end, over 200,000 of our people were dead and 85 per cent of our villages destroyed or ab...
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