Four years ago this month, Zenawi’s Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Party (EPRDF) suffered its worst loss at the polls since the former guerrilla overthrew a ruthless, Soviet-backed regime in 1991. Rather than accept its losses, the EPRDF-run government responded with a brutal crackdown, claiming outright victory and accusing the opposition of trying to stage an insurrection.
4年前的这个月，泽纳维领导的埃塞俄比亚人民革命民主阵线在选举中受到重创。这是这位前游击老手自从1991年推翻了前苏联支持的残酷政权以来遭受的最大一次打击。泽纳维不但不接受失败，反而指责反对派试图实行暴乱 ，宣称自己获得了压倒性的胜利，