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 also the head of the central committee of...

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 country.The service marked the anniversary of the downfall of the junta's leader, Mengistu Haile...

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 in absentia.Mengistu, known as "the butcher of Addis Ababa," is unlikely to ever spend a day...

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 exile in Zimbabwe, was tried in absentia. He could face the death penalty...

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, who has been living in exile in Zimbabwe since 1992, was convicted...