Known as the “Butcher of Addis,” Mengistu was the leader of the Derg, a military junta that ruled Ethiopia from 1974 ... lost friends and family members during the Derg regime.

Famine had once again taken hold in Ethiopia, this time in the midst of the rule of Mengistu Haile Mariam. Mengistu was the ruthless leader of the Derg, a military junta that ruled Ethiopia for ...

Throughout political and modern history, there have always been, at large and to some varying degree, two specific forces that have constantly been at odds with one another. Two elements that stem ...

known as the Derg, which nationalized the economy. In December, parliament passed a law permitting foreign banks to open subsidiaries in Ethiopia, albeit with restrictions that international firms ...