Lt. Col. Mengistu Haile Mariam (born 1937) became the head of state of Ethiopia and chairman of the ruling military government (the Derg) after a 1974 revolution deposed Emperor Haile Selassie. He was...
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Thousands of Ethiopians gathered in the capital on Sunday to remember victims of a brutal Marxist junta, weeping at the sight of flower-covered coffins with remains from mass graves across the coun...
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Former Ethiopian dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam was sentenced to life imprisonment Thursday, ending a 12-year trial for genocide and other crimes committed during his iron-fisted rule. He was tried...
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Former dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam was convicted Tuesday of genocide and other charges in a rare case of an African strongman being held to account by his own country.Mengistu, who lives in exil...
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An Ethiopian dictator known as "the butcher of Addis Ababa" was convicted Tuesday of genocide in a rare case of an African strongman being held to account by his own country.Mengistu Haile Mariam, ...
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A court sentenced 35 opposition politicians and activists to life in prison on Monday and denied them the right to vote or run for public office for inciting violence in an attempt to overthrow the...
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Oct 29 (Reuters) - Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi
resigned on Monday, strengthening the hand of his political
rival President Abdullahi Yusuf. Here are key facts about Yusuf, 72: * Born i...
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ADDIS ABABA, Dec 26 (Reuters) - Two Ethiopian rights
activists received a 2 1/2-year jail sentence on Wednesday for
inciting post-election violence in 2005, but will walk free
within days as they ...
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Area: 1,127,127 sq km (435,186 sq mi)Population (2006 est.): 74,778,000Capital:
Addis Ababa
Chief of state:
President
Girma
Wolde-Giyorgis
Head of government:
Prime Minister
Meles
Zenawi
Poli...
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Some ended up in prison, others were butchered at the hands of their own people. A lucky few lived out their days in comfortable exile or in positions of privilege in the lands they ruled.India's i...
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Mengistu Haile Mariam
Ethiopia honors victims of Marxist junta
