Nelson Mandela in a suit (right) standing next to General Tadesse Birru of the Ethiopian army in his military attire. Photo was taken in 1962.

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   Here's Mandela in Ethiopia (right) in 1962. Standing with him is Ethiopian army General Tadesse Birru, a veteran of the Ethiopian resistance wars during the Italian colonial army's 1935 invasion and subsequent occupation of Ethiopia ordered by fascist leader Benito Mussolini.

   General Tadesse Birru oversaw the entirety Mandela's military training.