Supporters of the ruling Ethiopian Peopl

Supporters of the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) coalition carry placards, criticizing foreign rights groups on Meskel Square in Addis Ababa on May 25, 2010 as they celebrate their party's landslide election victory, which the opposition slammed as fraudulent and European observers as unfair. Tens of thousands of ruling party supporters thronged the city square after the electoral commission released preliminary results late on May 24, showing the ruling coalition had a wide lead across the country. But the oppposition charged Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who has ruled sub-Saharan Africa's second most populous country for two decades, had rigged his way to re-election in the May 23 polls. AFP PHOTO/SIMON MAINA (Photo credit should read SIMON MAINA/AFP via Getty Images)