(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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...