27/04/2015

Massive Show of Grief, Outrage

[Addis Fortune] Mourners from different parts of Addis Abeba flocked to Mesqel Square in numbers not seen since the 2005 pre-election rally, estimated to have been attended by close to one million people. Young and old, Christian and Muslim alike gathered en masse on the morning of April 22, 2015, to express their rage against the killing of the 30 Ethiopian Christian men in Libya. The event would also end up becoming one where people expressed frustration with what they claimed was the passiveness of their own govern...
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