in 2010, mengistu announced the publication of its memoirs. in early 2012, a manuscript of the memoir, titled tiglachin ("our struggle" in amharic), was leaked on the internet. a few months later, the first volume leaked was published in the united states and in 2016, the second volume followed. this time it was published in ethiopia. mengistu accused the erp remains of having published the first volume to sabotage its publication.