An account by one of the survivors of Ethiopia's Red Terror carried out by the regime of Colonel Mengistu against rival left wing groups. CW: for… ...

(Adds Ethiopian reaction) By Nelson Banya HARARE, May 27 (Reuters) - Ethiopia's former ruler Mengistu Haile Mariam, sentenced to death by his country's supreme court, will remain in Zimbabwe under the ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, Dec. 12 -- An Ethiopian dictator known as "the butcher of Addis Ababa" was convicted of genocide Tuesday in a rare case of an African strongman being held to account by his own ...

84-year-old former Ethiopian dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam, who was sentenced to death in his own country, has enjoyed a quiet life in Harare for the past 30 years, despite the death of his old ...

(Adds arrest order for two hiding in Italian embassy) By Tsegaye Tadesse ADDIS ABABA, May 26 (Reuters) - Ethiopia's supreme court on Monday sentenced former Marxist ruler Mengistu Haile Mariam to ...

Ethiopian prosecutors on Tuesday appealed for a death sentence for former Marxist ruler Mengistu Haile Mariam, saying the life sentence he was given for genocide was not equal to his crimes. An ...

Other than members of his family and maybe his goon squads, few are going to feel too sorry to see the last of Mengistu Haile Mariam. That's because the Ethiopian leader who finally sneaked off into ...

Ethiopia’s Supreme Court sentenced former dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam to death in his absence on Monday, along with 17 senior officials of his regime, overturning a previous life term on appeal.

Former Ethiopian dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam has been jailed for life in the country today for genocide and other crimes committed during his iron-fisted reign. Eleven of his top officials were ...

Zimbabwe’s Foreign Affairs Minister Ambassador Frederick Shava has given the clearest sign ever that Harare is ready to extradite Ethiopian genocide fugitive and former President, Mengistu Haile ...