For a first time on SBS Dinka Radio Ajak Deng Chiengkou will go one on one with the former President in this part one. Mengistu still lives in exile and still wanted by Ethiopia on human rights abuses during his times. in South Sudan; he is considered a hero. President Mengistu Haile Mariam was an Ethiopian leader who took power from the Ethiopia Emperor Haile Selassie in 70s and went on went on to become the Head of State (Feburary 4, 1977-1987) and the first President of Ethiopia (September 11, 1987 to May 21, 1991). Mengistu fled Ethiopia in 1991 after the advancing rebels forces were closing in on Addis Ababa in May of 1991.
