Challenge - the Conquering Lion resists the Derg?

The Ethiopian Revolution of '74 saw a general uprising of the armed forces against the civilian government which was weakened and overthrown as the Derg was established to support Endalkatchew Makonnen's Cabinet whilst maintaining law and peace. The formation of the Derg led to radical leftists become elected to power in the form of Mengistu Haile Mariam who became President of the Derg which soon transformed Ethiopia into a Marxist state. Multiple government and military officials were killed during his regime's rule over Ethiopia as she became a People's Democratic Republic with support from the Eastern bloc. Emperor Haile Selassie would die of mysterious circumstances as the rest of the Royal Family and former Imperial government was arrested. Amha Selassie was abroad, receiving treatment in Switzerland from a stroke as this happened and refused to become Emperor, fleeing into exile where he established the Moa Anbessa - the Conquering Lion, the political wing of the Ethiopian Crown.

Pro-monarchy resistance towards the Derg would continue in the form of the Ethiopian Democratic Union, led by Ras Mangasha Seyoum - it consisted of monarchists from the nobility, army and other sectors of the former Ethiopian Empire. It unfortunately had no clear political program and thus, split off into different factions that made it difficult but it did have some successes in Begemdir. The Derg, along with the Tigrean People's Liberation Front and Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party, would drive it into exile in Sudan as its different factions splintered off into different opposition groups.

What if the entire Ethiopian Royal Family and Endalkatchew's Cabinet had managed to flee into exile in an African or European country willing to host them? What if the EDU had managed to stay intact and offer more organized resistance to the Derg? How would this play out?

The challenge is to have the Ethiopian Royal Family and government flee into exile from where they can obtain the support of not only the Ethiopian diaspora but the Western powers as well as have the EDU remain intact and in Ethiopia to continue the resistance, functioning as the de-facto armed wing of the Ethiopian government-in-exile. The challenge will also include the restoration of the Ethiopian Empire after the Derg is overthrown (whenever that may be) with the House of Solomon being installed once more as the Ethiopian Royal Family.
 
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