Mail & Guardian
Mail & Guardian
mengistu haile mariamlatest news & developments
Twenty-eight years after EPRDF took power, the story is not very different as human rights continue to be violated with impunity. (Minasse Wondimu Hailu/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
ADDIS ABABA

28 years later, Ethiopia’s ruling party must end impunity for human rights abuses

The Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front celebrates 28 years in power on Tuesday. Now is the time to confront its brutal past

  • Fisseha Tekle
5 min read
ISAIAS AFWERKI

Tiny Eritrea makes big footprint in Africa

Most nations erect grandiose monuments to their historical triumphs. Eritrea put up a pair of sandals. The sculpted black metal shoes in Asmara’s Shida (Sandal) Square, recalling…

  • Andrew Cawthorne
5 min read
AARON MAASHO

Ethiopia court sentences ex-dictator Mengistu to death

Ethiopia’s Supreme Court sentenced former dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam to death in his absence on Monday, along with 17 senior officials of his regime, overturning a previous…

  • Aaron Maasho
3 min read