May ethiopian election

May 7 Ethiopian election - After 14 years of iron fist rule Ethiopians were given a real chance to vote for their leaders. On this day the opposition parties wrested power from the governing party through a land slide victory. On the night of this day Meles Zenawi gave a briefing to local journalists. Through his briefing he not only said that his party had won the election, but he also threatened to amputate any pointed fingers that showed the official emblem of the opposition parties - Churchill's victory sign.

After this, unrest ensued and Meles put the capital city of Ethiopia - Addis Ababa - under his military commando brigades. Through street shooting many Ethiopian youth were put to death. A large number of people were sent to banishment prisons located in the remote dry land areas where malaria and other deadly diseases dwell. Through this ancient Roman style of punishment many prisoners died. The total number of people that were sent to the camps was in excess of 30,000.