Word: mengistu
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Died. Brigadier General Mengistu Newaye, 45, convicted of leading his Ethiopian Imperial Guard into revolt against Emperor Haile Selassie last December; by hanging; in Addis Ababa...
...feudal monarchy? "None at all," said the durable Emperor. But he seemed suddenly old, tired, and sad. Grimly his troops hunted through the nearby hills for the two chief leaders of the revolt-a Columbia University-educated provincial governor named Germame Newaye and his brother Brigadier General Mengistu Newaye, Commander of the Imperial Guard...