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It is also interesting to see the relative concentration of searches for the word in eastern and southern Africa compared not only to other regions in Africa but also to the rest of the world. Besides Ethiopia, the other countries in Africa with a high search index have recently had somewhat high levels of political contestation through reasonably competitive elections.

]]> <![CDATA[54 ከፍተኛ የሲቪልና የጦር ባለስልጣናትን ለመግደል የተፃፈ በጣም አስቸኳይ ደብዳቤ]]> http://ethiopianobserver.wordpress.com/2012/10/11/54-%e1%8a%a8%e1%8d%8d%e1%89%b0%e1%8a%9b-%e1%8b%a8%e1%88%b2%e1%89%aa%e1%88%8d%e1%8a%93-%e1%8b%a8%e1%8c%a6%e1%88%ad-%e1%89%a3%e1%88%88%e1%88%b5%e1%88%8d%e1%8c%a3%e1%8a%93%e1%89%b5%e1%8a%95-%e1%88%88/ Thu, 11 Oct 2012 16:27:51 +0000 Befekadu http://ethiopianobserver.wordpress.com/2012/10/11/54-%e1%8a%a8%e1%8d%8d%e1%89%b0%e1%8a%9b-%e1%8b%a8%e1%88%b2%e1%89%aa%e1%88%8d%e1%8a%93-%e1%8b%a8%e1%8c%a6%e1%88%ad-%e1%89%a3%e1%88%88%e1%88%b5%e1%88%8d%e1%8c%a3%e1%8a%93%e1%89%b5%e1%8a%95-%e1%88%88/

የኢትዮጵያ ጊዜያዊ ወታደራዊ መንግስት
EHIOPIAN PROVISIONAL MILITARY GOVERNMENT                                                                      ህዳር 13 ቀን 1967 ዓ.ም
ለደርጉ የዘመቻና ጥበቃ መምሪያ መኮንን                                      በጣም የሚያስቸኩል
አዲስ አበባ፡፡
ጉዳዩ፡- በቀድሞ መንግስት ባለስልጣናት ላይ የተላለፈውን ከፍተኛ የፖለቲካ ውሣኔ ተግባራዊ ስለማድረግ ይመለከታል

በአገራችን በፊውዳሉ አስከፊ ሥርዓት ላይ የተቀጣጠለውን ህዝባዊ አብዮት መርቶ ከግቡ ለማድረስ ግንባር ቀደም ኃላፊነትን የወሰደው ከጭቁን መለዮ ለባሽ የተውጣጣው አብዮታዊ ደርግ የአገሪቱን ስልጣን ተረክቦ በመምራት ላይ ይገኛል፡፡

አብዮታዊ ደርግ ከተቋቋመበት ጊዜ ጀምሮ የዘውድ አገዛዝን ከማስወገድ አልፎ የቀ.ኃ.ሥ ባለስልጣናትን በቁጥጥር ስር አውሎ ጉዳያቸውን ሲያና የቆየ ሲሆን ከነዚህም መካከል ላለፉት 40 ዓመታት ጭቁኑን የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝብ ሲረግጡና ሲመዘብሩ የነበሩ ከፍተኛ የሲቪልና ወታደራዊ ባለስልጣናት ላይ ከፍተኛ የፖለቲካ ውሳኔ አስተላልፏል፡፡
ሰሞኑን የደርግ አባላት ባደረጉት ከፍተኛ ስብሰባ በአንደኛ ዙር የስም ዝርዝራቸው ከዚህ ትእዛዝ ጋር የተያያዘው የቀድሞ ባለስልጣናት ላይ አብዮታዊ እርምጃ እንዲወሰድባቸው መላው የደረግ አባላት በአንድ ድምፅ ወስነዋል፡፡

  ትዕዛዝ
1ኛ/ ሌ/ጀኔራል አማን አንዶም ሚካኤል በዛሬው እለት ከመኖሪያ ቤታቸው በቁጥጥር ስር ውለው ወደ ቤተ መንግስት በማምጣት ከእስረኞች ጋር እንዲቀላቀሉ፣
2ኛ/ በዋናው ከርቸሌ ለ54 ሰው በዶዘር ጉድጓድ እንዲቆፈር ሆኖ ከተራ ቁጥር አንድ እስከ 54 ያሉት ከፍተኛ የሲቪልና የጦር ባለስልጣናት ከምሽቱ ሁለት ሰዓት ከእስረኞች ተለይተው ለብቻ እንዲቆዩ፣
3ኛ/ ከሌሊቱ 8፡00 /0200/ ሰዓት በወታደራዊ መኪናዎች ወደ ዋናው ከርቸሌ ተወስደው በአንድ ላይ በጥይት ተደብድቦ እንዲገደሉ እናስታውቃለን፡፡

መንግስቱ ኃይለማርያም

 

]]> <![CDATA[Ethiopia: First Lady Roman Tesfaye (Profile) ]]> http://kweschn.wordpress.com/2012/09/29/ethiopia-first-lady-roman-tesfaye-profile/ Sat, 29 Sep 2012 12:18:49 +0000 Elyas Mulu Kiros http://kweschn.wordpress.com/2012/09/29/ethiopia-first-lady-roman-tesfaye-profile/ <![CDATA[Meles Zenawi’s legacy of terror]]> http://ethiopianuprising.wordpress.com/2012/09/29/meles-zenawis-legacy-of-terror/ Sat, 29 Sep 2012 08:17:48 +0000 Walelgne Mekonnen http://ethiopianuprising.wordpress.com/2012/09/29/meles-zenawis-legacy-of-terror/ <![CDATA[Ethiopia: Changing of the Guard]]> http://ethiopianuprising.wordpress.com/2012/09/20/ethiopia-changing-of-the-guard/ Thu, 20 Sep 2012 07:46:14 +0000 Walelgne Mekonnen http://ethiopianuprising.wordpress.com/2012/09/20/ethiopia-changing-of-the-guard/ <![CDATA[Meles Zenawi, America’s “son-of-a-bitch”]]> http://ethiopianuprising.wordpress.com/2012/09/09/meles-zenawi-americas-son-of-a-bitch/ Sun, 09 Sep 2012 07:56:34 +0000 Walelgne Mekonnen http://ethiopianuprising.wordpress.com/2012/09/09/meles-zenawi-americas-son-of-a-bitch/ <![CDATA[Creating a United Democratic Ethiopia after Zenawi’s regime -but how, with its diverse ethnic groups?]]> http://ethioandinet.wordpress.com/2012/05/27/creating-a-united-democratic-ethiopia-after-zenawis-regime-but-how-with-its-diverse-ethnic-groups/ Sun, 27 May 2012 15:40:03 +0000 ethiodil http://ethioandinet.wordpress.com/2012/05/27/creating-a-united-democratic-ethiopia-after-zenawis-regime-but-how-with-its-diverse-ethnic-groups/  on May 27, 2012

By Magn Nyang (PhD)

In the first part of this paper, I will present my analysis of forced unity and its consequences. I will argue that unifying ethnic groups by decree has resulted in institutions that are not suited to achieving cooperative agreements among the various groups. Instead, ethnic groups in Ethiopia lived and continue to live in what I would like to call Prisoner’s Dilemma Situations.
All previous institutional arrangements in Ethiopia have been disappointing. All indicators show
that such institutional arrangements are not suited to harmonize the interests of heterogeneous groups. Thus, in the second part of this paper, I will discuss how to harmonize conflicting interests of various
ethnic groups to create a truly united democratic Ethiopia after the departure of Meles Zenawi’s regime.

Unity by force and its consequences

Many tribal communities existed independently before Menilek II left his kingdom in Northern Shewa to conquer them. These communities frequently consisted of thousands of members or even millions and possessed well-developed cultures and languages and clear tribal consciousness. In the process, without due regard to ethnicity, culture, or even the existing institutions of government, different ethnic groups were united under the kingdom of Menilek II. The various groups did not participate in deciding which other groups to unite with nor did they have an opportunity to agree on the nature of their relationship with these other groups.
Menilek’s forced unification disrupted long established kingdoms and tribal governments, and also disrupted existing trade networks and other inter-ethnic linkages. This superficial unity was not only arbitrary but also lacked any strong unifying factors. Once forcefully united, Amhara’s language and culture was imposed on these various ethnic groups. And when Dej. Tafari Makonnen was coroneted on November 2, 1930 as Emperor Haile Selessie, the Amhara’s hegemony continued.
In early 1940s, he imposed unfair land taxations on Tigray people. In 1943-44,Tigrian peasants revolted against what they considered as Amhara’s domination. It took the British Royal air support to destroy the first Woyane insurrection. In 1957 Emperor Haile Selessie ordered Amharic, a language unknown to the Somalis to be taught in all schools in Ogaden. In 1963, Somalis rebels attacked Ethiopian military positions, leaving the nationals in control of much of Ogden. In early 1960, Eritrea autonomous status was stripped away by the Emperor. Eritrean government was replaced by Eritrean administration. Use of the Amharic language and other attributes of the official culture were imposed on the population. In July 1960, Eritrean Liberation Front (ELF) was established to fight for independence. Haile Selessie regime also used force in Bale and Sidamo between 1963 and 1970 to quash the Oromo and Sidamo rebellion. The Oromo and people of Sidamo were fighting against unfair land and animals’ taxation.
The rebellions in Tigray, Eritera, Ogden, Bale, and Sidamo revealed that the government had not undertaken equal distribution of social and economic programs to all ethnic groups. Most institutions such as schools and hospitals were built in Addis Ababa and the North. The Oromo, Somalis, and Southerners were isolated from modern amenities.
And when Mengistu Haile Mariam hijacked what was students’ movement and consolidated power in 1976, instead of taking a lesson from his predecessors, he considered concentration of power to be a necessary condition to maintain unity. In fact, he considered decentralization of power as political risk because it could reinforce tribal loyalty at the expense of loyalty to the nation. Therefore, he established a unitary government system. Nonetheless, the presumed benefits of unitary government have proved illusionary. All 17 years of Mengistu’s regime were marked by internal strife, military coups, and civil wars.
Although an argument for establishing centralized unitary state was that such institutional arrangement
would help unify the various ethnic groups, the Ethiopians experience with unitary state has been disappointing. The experiment with unitary state showed that such institutional arrangement was not suited to harmonize the interests of heterogeneous groups in Ethiopia. Under unitary governance, Ethiopia’s various ethnic groups became special interests that competed for transfers from the central government. Members of a particular ethnic group considered themselves different from those of other groups and have an interest in increasing the welfare of their members relative to that of other groups. Because of the concentration of power in unitary state, the leadership can redistribute resources from some ethnic groups to others. Consequently, a tendency exists for tribal groups to compete for the control of the instruments of transfer because such control assures the controlling group a consistent flow of transfers. Tribal competition for control of the instruments of transfer has had disastrous result in Ethiopia.
Tigranya speakers felt left out and created Tigrayan People Libration Front (TPLF) on February 18, 1975 to control power. Now that they control the instrument of transfer, they are increasing the welfare of their members relative to that of other ethnic groups. The ongoing conflicts between Tigre, Amhara, Oromo, Anyuaks, Somalis, and the Southern peoples are but a few of the cases where members of one tribe continue to inflict serious atrocities against members of other groups. This competition for political control is now resulting in tribal conflicts, guerrilla warfare, and civil unrests. Such outcomes, plus the nonoptimal public policies designed to benefit some groups at the expense of others, translate into poor economic performance. No wonder, Ethiopia has remained on the list of beggar countries for as long as I remembered.
There is convincing evidence showing that Mengistu’s ’s unitary governance and Meles’ ethnic based false federalism put Ethiopians in prisoner’s dilemma situations which resulted in competition for control of power instead of cooperative outcomes. It is clear that the observed crises in Ethiopia reflect institutional failures, and for Ethiopia to emerge from this state of affairs, it will be necessary to establish institutions that facilitate the achievement of cooperative solutions in prisoner’s dilemma situations.
This paper advances the idea that the most pressing institutional problem confronting Ethiopia has to do with the internal organization of its state. Since its founding, Ethiopia has never used political arrangements that are suited to solving prisoner’s dilemma problems. The paper argues that to harmonize conflicting interests of various ethnic groups, Ethiopia should adopt institutional arrangements that will promote cooperation instead of competition among its various ethnic groups.

How can we harmonize the interests of various ethnic groups and create a truly united democratic Ethiopia?

Ethiopia has some 88 distinct ethnic groups. Most of these groups don’t know each other due to poor political arrangements by previous leaders. I was born in Gambella, South West Ethiopia, and I am yet to meet an Agaw person from northern Ethiopia, or even Omo person from Southern Ethiopia. When people don’t have contact with each other, they tend to develop negative attitudes and prejudices. To transform the antagonisms fed by prejudice and negative attitudes into attitudes that promote harmony, the next Ethiopians’ government will have to create noncompetitive contact between various ethnic groups. Programs that will promote much needed interaction and cooperation will have to be created. Groups’ exchange programs such as students, men, women, farmers, and so on will have to be created all over Ethiopia. At these exchanges, groups will be given superordinate goals-shared goals that override their differences and that can be achieved only through cooperation.
Cooperation has positive effects. It will lead people to define a new, inclusive group that dissolves their former subgroups. When members of different groups are set not on opposite sides, but alternately around the table to work together for common goals, such experiences change “us” and “them” into “we.” Those once perceived as being in another group now are seen as part of one’s own group. Consequently, less prejudice is expressed toward others. As Ethiopia’s diverse ethnic groups engage in mutually beneficial trade, as they work to protect their common destiny in that fragile neighborhood, and as they become more aware that their hopes and fears are shared, they can change misperceptions that feed conflict into a solidarity based on common interests. Working toward shared goals will enable Ethiopia’s diverse ethnic groups to discover unity in their common values and superordinate identity.
The second thing that the next government in Ethiopia needs to do is expand the content of history books. History books should teach students common history and ideas that tie all Ethiopians together. Common goals such as fair treatment for all, higher moral standards, and so on needs to be taught in schools. Once so many of shared goals are understood, Ethiopia’s diverse groups will be spared ethnic tribal competition. Although diversity commands attention, working toward shared goals reminds us that we are more alike than different.
God bless Ethiopia!
Thank you
Dr. Magn Nyang can be reached at: magnnyang@yahoo.com

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metema piazza

Press Release METEMA, Northwestern Ethiopia – A business district in this city on a extent with adjacent Sudan was burnt down on Apr 28, rebels conspicuous on Sunday.

Over 60 units in a business perform of a city called Jinghera were sent adult in fume as they were housing certainty agents of a government TPLF regime, rebels of a Ethiopian Unity and Freedom Force (EUFF) told Ethiomedia on Sunday.

Metema has been a transformation prove for those who import and trade – legally or illegally – apparatus into Sudan and Ethiopia.

Earlier in April, a rebels had set heat to Khartoum Hotel in Metema, claiming it was owned by a government jubilee official. In Jun 2011, EUFF had decimated about a dozen stores owned by government jubilee officials.

On Apr 9, EUFF army uninterrupted heat on Sudanese Al-Qadarif governor, Karam Allah Abbas, who had attempted to stop an Ethiopian rustic from user on a camp a Sudanese executive guess was a Sudanese territory.

Karam Allah Abbas protested to Ethiopian officials whom he was to accommodate conflicting a extent in a Amhara region.

The Meles regime, that is resented by a Ethiopian people for offering off cultivatable lands to Sudan as good as many other governments and multinational corporations, blamed EUFF rebels as Eritrean-backed shiftas.

In a new speak with Bloomberg’s William Davison, Ethiopia’s second-in-command Bereket Simon arguable a news news that those who had discharged on a Sudanese director were rebels assisted by adjacent Eritrea.

Many trust EUFF is a politically conscious, apart nationalistic organization that operates 100% in Ethiopia, scoffing during those who find safety in Eritrea.

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]]> <![CDATA[Legacy by Ethiopian martyrs created in blood Robele Ababya]]> http://ethioandinet.wordpress.com/2012/03/24/legacy-by-ethiopian-martyrs-created-in-blood-robele-ababya-2/ Sat, 24 Mar 2012 16:39:01 +0000 ethiodil http://ethioandinet.wordpress.com/2012/03/24/legacy-by-ethiopian-martyrs-created-in-blood-robele-ababya-2/ March 24, 2012

ተነሳ ተራመድ (Stand adult and stride) was a insubordinate rallying strain authored by on-going youths (in their twenties) of a former Imperial Ethiopian Air Force in 1974. It was promote over a inhabitant radio and shortly prisoner a spirit, essence and mind of a Ethiopian people. The immature authors of that comprehensive famous strain in my opinion rekindled a bequest of drastic deeds of their ancestors in preserving a togetherness and autonomy of Ethiopia while during a same time sexually job for elemental bloodless change to provoke democracy, equality, liberty, grace and wealth for all regardless of secular start or creed.

The doormat Mengistu Hailemariam took a famous strain off a atmosphere on a recommendation of Marxist-Leninists since it was nationalistic! Since 1974, comrade ideas have been collapsing giving approach to a rebirth of nationalism as a best arms for fortifying and preserving critical inhabitant interests – a transparent clear growth unconcern to TPLF graduates of Dedebit propagandize of ideology.

In some of my prior articles, we had argued that a speculation of a coarse oppressor Joseph Stalin on “Nations and Nationalities” is not germane to Ethiopia since of a singular story confirming common values of dignity, leisure and supervision for that all secular groups fought dearly profitable complicated sacrifices in lives and repairs to gigantic element resources. Add to this a fact that no one secular organisation can explain secular virginity since any particular currently is an brood of churned marriages. So, because is togetherness of antithesis army to confront their sworn common rivalry today stubbornly elusive?

Some Ethiopians charge a continuous predicament of a masses as a kind of abuse imposed on us by a creator of a universe. Others censure contention among domestic elites for a pang of a masses vital in contemptible misery to a indicate where life for a typical people has turn unbearably strident underneath a compulsory order of TPLF. The initial avowal in a above is answered by a common proverb that “Heaven helps those who assistance themselves”; a second one is answered by a quote attributed to Shakespeare in Julius Caesar, that reads:

“Men during some time are masters of their fates: The fault, dear Brutus, is not in a stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings.”

So, in all cases a error lies with societies that concede dictators on a lax to feat their silence. We ought to be ashamed for vouchsafing Meles Zenawi in energy for a final twenty years. As a renouned observant goes “Every republic deserves a supervision it deserves”. we trust that we merit distant improved if we Ethiopians combine and act together. We have a stately story of scored victories over outmost aggressors by behaving in unanimity meaningful that a TPLF regime is an invader portion unfamiliar interests.

Sitting underneath a hulk African tree, we wrote a following stanzas in reverence to a martyrs and heroes that had done us unapproachable in wars and domestic arenas. we wish that associate Ethiopians will conclude a summary therein expressed:

The oppressor is rigourously infringing on my simple tellurian right And we am prepared to quarrel a oppressor with all my might He has abused my dear dwindle Green Yellow and Red Which we have a dignified avocation with all my energy to defend The Green on my dwindle symbolizes prosperity The Yellow tone portrays faith in perpetuity The Red for a ancestral blood for leisure shed A precious scapegoat paid to keep grace to a finish

The Oromos and Amharas take a brunt of his rant Often unleashed in rage by a misruling TPLF tyrant Oh! People are ill and sleepy of his continuous threat So zero some-more than deposing a oppressor is great

So mount adult my associate Ethiopians in unaffected unison To direct a recover of all domestic leaders in prison And oath holding domestic prisoners will never happen So that a wish for leisure and grace shall gleam again

Investment in high arise buildings, roads and infrastructures Without a sign of “people come first” betrays a martyrs Relegates amicable probity to a backburner defeats a aims To build democracy and wealth for destiny generations

We have bequest of martyrs marvelously created in blood Given to us by a drastic ancestors in trust firmly sealed Therefore a responsibility is indeed on all of us immature and old To obliterate a immorality thugs so a story in excellence be told

A weird multiple of arrogance, ignorance, bigotry, lust for power, fervour and other immorality immorality attributes such as these inebriated a tyrants of Ethiopia and Eritrea and led them into committing hideous tellurian rights violations and incalculable repairs to life and skill in both countries as good as destabilization of a segment by their substitute war. Their executive thesis was disempowering of a Amhara and a Oromo total infancy of 61.4% of a Ethiopian people. But they have of new satisfied that their plan is unwell rapidly.

And according to a news posted on Abugida website on 16 Mar 2012, a twin brothers in crime, Isaias and Meles are going to accommodate to solve their differences. It is widely believed however that a dual had concocted a play directed during how best to stay in energy in a face of rising antithesis to their uncontrollable brinkmanship. Meles’ audacity emanates from his omnivorous lust for power, loathing for a Amharas, disregard for a Oromos, control over Tigres forming usually 6.1% of a Ethiopian race and slight for a rest of a minority secular groups. Isaias is an comprehensive oppressor who has been misruling Eritrea though a structure and destabilizing a Horn of Africa segment for a final 19 years; he has reduced Eritrea to a renegade state cursed by a United Nations for ancillary a eremite left-wing nonconformist Al Shabab related to Al Qaeda.

All-inclusive discourse is welcome. To equivocate carnage is noble. However a dual tyrants, Meles and Isaias, do not paint durable interests of a people of both countries. Both of them miss a dignified impression and firmness of idealist leaders that give tip priority to tellurian growth and a order of law. They are definitely hurtful dictators sleeping in apart tents though meditative alike. Meles, immediately after a conflict of hostilities instituted by Isaias in 1998, complained of being “stabbed in a back”. The reported assembly might be to settle their differences that led to a stabbing. As to a rest of us Ethiopians, we have nonetheless to learn what their tip understanding was? We can usually theory and my theory is that there could have been a tip agreement permitting Isaias to keep Eritrea for himself alone and share Ethiopia with Meles. Let us stay tuned for a violation news that someone in a know might one day exhibit a secret!

we would like to tighten this square with a quote next attributed to Margery Eldredge Howell:

“There is grace in suffering Nobility in pain But disaster is a pickled wound That browns and browns again “

Dignity, nobleness and goodness do not exist in a dictionary of thugs. Tyrant Meles is a sadist skilful during quickly flitting on sufferings and heedfulness to a masses; he is discerning to lift a trigger to overpower his pacific opponents. In doing so, he goes into coma nipping psycho thermal plants, while devoted scribes review to him litanies of his ‘historic’ achievements as a ‘Statesman heading Africa’. But disaster is quick coming to bake him ceaselessly compartment genocide – and a magisterial parasitic bureaucracy of his TPLF regime is fueling a inferno.

Let us envy ensure a precious bequest created in blood and given to us by a Ethiopian martyrs and drastic patriots; let a benefaction and destiny generations perpetually keep their intrepid deeds alive in a annals of history.

LONG LIVE ETHIOPIA!!! Release all domestic prisoners in Ethiopia including Andualem, Eskinder, Nathnael et al! robele_ababya@yahoo.com

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The museum started the memorial celebration by dedicating the first day, Tuesday, for children. Children were given a tour in the museum with an explanation of the Red Terror and what happend at the time. The second day was titled “No Women No Cry”. Women from different walks of life shared their experiences and survival stories during and after the red terror.

Thursday was a symposium titled “Then and now: similarities and differences in grassroots revolution”. Different speakers who had been through revolutions in the past shared their experiences, and the stories of Red Terror were told by those who had experienced it first hand.

What went wrong at the time and what was the lesson from that experience were the issues the symposium tried to address. On Friday and Saturday the Museum had a musical tribute to the martyrs, honoring family and friends. “Tezta” an all day contemporary fine art exhibition and films that memorize Red Terror were also parts of the five-day event.

The Museum was established in March 2010 by the ‘Red Terror Martyrs’ Families and Friends Association. It permanently exhibits pictures, materials, documents and the remains of the victims that tell a story that is probably still in the memory of the present generation. The display begins from the time when students revolt against the Hailesellasie rule and shows how this revolution was stolen from the students by the military.

Red Terror victims ethiopiaPictures at the musim demonstrate the 17 years of brutal rule of the Derg and its leader Mengistu Hailemeriam. From the time the Emperor was detained by the military administration up to the time the regime ordered the killing of the 60 high officials and families of the Emperor is displayed and supported by photos and documents signed by Mengistu Hailemariam himself and his closest officials.

Some of the pictures of the victims of the red terror and the remaining of their bodies are on display permanently at the museum.

Red Terror (Key Shiber) (1978-79) is remembered as a brutal period in Ethiopian history with torture and mass murder of Ethiopians by the then military regime Derg led by Mengistu Hailemariam.

Though the terror still has its controversies and disagreements when it comes to the question of responsibility, it is undeniable that thousands of men, women, and youth were murdered, tortured and multilated in the most inhuman way under the guise of building a better Ethiopia.

According to the report by Amnesty International, around half a million people, most of them young students, were killed at the time.

Mengistu Hailemariam, who lives in Zimbabwe as a fugitive, repeatedly denied any responsibility for the terror. He blames the opponents of his regime who started the killing of Derg officials by calling their action “White Terror”. The response from the military regime for the ‘White Terror’ was handing out guns to ordinary people who were considered to be “Abyot Tibeka” or ‘Guards of the Revolution’.

Mengistu was found guilty of genocide in absentia in January 2007 and sentenced to life in prison.

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