If it was not so tragic we would have gloated with a well deserved "we told you so" and hailed the end of the illusion of a multi democracy governance (however limited) in Ethiopia. The May 23 general election in Ethiopia really brought no surprises–we had said the EPRDF will win hands down (it did), we had said it will rig the election (it committed fraud in broad daylight), we had called on the people to boycott the whole charade (they refused to register and to vote in mass as they did in 2005). Read More…