Ethiopia's former Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn has removed a controversial photo he had posted on his Facebook page, which showed him smiling next to the country's exiled Marxist ex-military ruler, Mengistu Haile Mariam.
But pictures of the meeting, taken in Zimbabwe where Mengistu has lived for nearly three decades, have been widely seen and shared on social media.
Mr Hailemariam is a member of the coalition that overthrew Mengistu – and has been in Zimbabwe this week heading an African Union election observer mission.
He framed his historic meeting as a reconciliation of sorts, as a screenshot of his deleted post shows.
“I wish to see more former heads of government and state in my country contributing their parts in different capacity after peaceful transition of political power,” he wrote in the picture's caption.
Why is it so contentious?
Mengistu, who oversaw a campaign known as the “Red Terror” in which thousands of…
