BBC:  The United States embassy in Zimbabwe has confirmed the US was involved in finding a safe haven for the former Ethiopian dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam. The embassy said in a statement that then Assistant Secretary of State Hank Cohen had been involved in negotiations which resulted in Mengistu coming to Harare in 1991. … Up to 500 000 people were killed during Mengistu's so-called red terror, according to Amnesty Internationa.  Read More…