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Last mentioned in Addis Ababa : Ethiopia
Mengistu Haile Mariam (መንግስቱ ኃይለ ማርያም, pronounced [mənɡɨstu haylə maryam]) (born 1937) was the most prominent officer of the Derg, the Communist...

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