How to pronounce“mengistu”in English

Mengistu responded by killing civilians in Tigray and Eritrea, and even preventing international famine aid from reaching the region.

Mengistu, who has been in Gaza held for 11 years.

Colonel Mengistu rose to leadership in part by having his rivals killed.

And we also heard from the family of Avraham Mengistu said he has been there way too long.

So we worked there between the early '70s and 1980, when Mengistu took over Ethiopia and Haile Selassie was deposed.

This alliance made these regions strong enough to resist Mengistu’s army,

And in 1991, both groups formed a coalition with other militias, and successfully overthrew Mengistu’s regime.