 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kwemakore mashoma anotevera, pfungwa huru yaidavira kuti maofficial maviri - Atnafu naMengistu - vaiita makwikwi anotyisa ekutonga Derg isingazivikanwi. Ukama pakati pavatevedzeri vatungamiri vaviri nguva dzose hwakanga huchiva husinganzwisisiki, vanotaura kudaro vaOttaways. Vaviri ava vaizivikanwa kuva vavengi vakaipisisa kubvira pakutanga, kusvikira kupfundo rokutambanudzirana pfuti mumisangano. Bva, Atnafu nguva dzose airatidzika kuva kurutivi rwaMengistu munguva dzedambudziko guru mukati meDerg. Akatungamirira nhamburiko muna May 1976 yokunyora, kupinza zvombo uye kurovedza makumi ezviuru zvavarimi avo vaizobatira samapoka omurwi kuzadzikisa varwi vakaneta vehondo yenguva dzose vairwa pamuganhu weEritrea. Zvisinei, apo nhamburiko iyoyo, inozivikanwa seOperation Raza, yakaguma nokurasikirwa kukuru, vose vari vaviri Atnafu naMengistu vakapomerwa kukundikana. Mushure mokurwisana kwenguva pfupi apo zvaiita sokuti Kaputeni Sisay Hapte angagona kudzora Derg - asi akaurayiwa - pakuvamba kwaDecember Atnafu akabudiswa kunze kwokukwikwidzana zvakananga nokuda kwesimba nokuitwa murongi wemasoja. 