Ethiopia

In his epic autobiography, the great Nelson Mandela used the metaphor of the 'long walk' to describe his decades-old struggle against apartheid and minority rule in South Africa.

In his book 'Night', Elie Wiesel, the Holocaust survivor and the man the Nobel committee called the 'messenger to mankind' when it awarded him the peace prize in 1986, wrote:

The Ethiopian flag contains the universally recognised tri-colours (green, yellow, and red). Different regimes have always embellished it with emblems that define their political ideology. The founding fathers of the nation chose those tri-colours for political and religious reasons.

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‘No alternative in the opposition,’ they whispered anonymously. What a disgusting phrase to use in justifying support for a ruthless dictatorship. That is apparently the scuttlebutt on Embassy Row in Addis Ababa.