Mengistu Haile Mariam, who presided over the deaths of thousands in Ethiopia’s Red Terror,  is but one of many ousted African leaders sheltering in exile.

Gambia’s Yahya Jammeh is the latest Africa ejected by his country.

He’s been taken in by Equatorial Guinea.

Blaize Campaore is in Ivory Coast after Burkina Faso had enough of his 27-year rule.

Charles Taylor of Liberia and Hissen Habre of Chad are both serving lengthy prison sentences.

Mobutu Sese Seko of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda’s Idi Amin both died in exile after being deposed.

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Eshetu Alemu insists prosecutors have got the wrong man. He says he’s a teacher not a killer.

The quietly spoken joint Dutch Ethiopian citizen admits he handled propaganda for Mengistu Haile Mariam who overthrew Haile Selassie and led Ethiopia until his defeat when he sought refuge in Zimbabwe.

In fluent Dutch Eshetu Alemu says he had nothing to do with the thousands of killings by Mengistu who ignored a famine that killed a million people.

Prosecutor Wim de Bruin says hundreds of witnesses have come forward.

Alemu’s trial will show there is no impunity for war criminals – even after 40 years.

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