borkenaFebruary 12,2019As Ethiopians are celebrating new statue of Emperor Haileselassie I erected in the premises of African Union headquarter, the statue of Ras Mekonen (Haileselassie’s father) in the premises of Harar hospital is destroyed. Ras Mekonen’s statue was hit by a car and brought down. Groups with similar tendency have posting on social media picture mocking the new statue of emperor Haileselassie. In the past, radicalized ethno-nationalists have been demonstrating sentiment of hate towards emperor Menelik’s statue in the center of Addis Ababa. Harar city administration has not remarked about Prince Ras Mekonen’s statue and it is not clear if the city administration is electing it in the back in the same place or not.

Source: Ethiopian News February 13, 2019 02:26 UTC