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May 26 (Reuters) - Ethiopia's supreme court on Monday sentenced to death former Marxist ruler Mengistu Haile Mariam, granting a prosecution appeal that argued a life sentence was inadequate punishment ...

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 ...

May 26, 2008 (ADDIS ABABA) — Ethiopia’s supreme court on Monday sentenced to death former Marxist ruler Mengistu Haile Mariam, granting a prosecution appeal that argued a life sentence he was given ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — The former Ethiopian dictator Colonel Mengistu Hailemariam has met with Ethiopia’s former Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn in Zimbabwe’s capital Harare on Wednesday.

(Reuters) - An Ethiopian court sentenced former Marxist ruler Mengistu Haile Mariam to life in prison on Thursday, but he is exiled safe from the punishment in Zimbabwe. After a 12-year trial, ...