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Ethiopia – Mengistu Haile Mariam, the Blood Red Negus
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 friend Robert Mugabe.
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