The likeness of Haile Selassie is being given pride of place ... military occupation by Mussolini's Italy - had served as a symbol of African independence throughout the colonial period.

which he led with an iron hand from 1977 until his overthrow in 1991. Mengistu is presently in exile in Zimbabwe. The Haile Selassie Memorial Foundation's spokesman Dedjazmatch Woldesemayat ...