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 ...