 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Shanduko yeEthiopiakwakakanganisa guta racho munzira dzakawanda. Kutanga muna March 1974, pakanga pane kusagadzikana kwevashandi; vanhu vatanhatu vakakuvadzwa apo mapurisa akavhura pfuti pavashandi vezvitima nevadzidzi vairatidzira musi wa 17 April. VaEurope vazhinji, maYemeni maArabu, nemaIndia vakasiya Dire Dawa; machechi echiGiriki neeArmenian akazovharwa nekuda kwekuderera kwenhengo. Pana 3 February 1975, Derg yakazivisa kuti Cotton Company yeEthiopia yakanga iri pakati pemakambani gumi nemana emachira akanga achizonyatsodzorwa. Fekitari yesimende yakazotorwawo kuti ive yehurumende. Muna August 1976, utungamiriri hwose hwebazi romunzvimbomo remubatanidzwa wavadzidzisi hwakadzingwa nokuda kwemibato inonzi inopesana neshanduko. Vakuru vakuru gumi vatsva vakagadzwa vachimirira kusarudzwa kutsva. 