Meles Zenawi
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African leaders gather to honour ‘hero’ Meles
African leaders joined other foreign dignitaries in paying homage to Ethiopia’s longtime prime minister Meles Zenawi ahead of Sunday’s state funeral.
Museveni and Kibaki amongst leaders expected at Zenawi’s funeral
Ethiopia will hold a state funeral on Sptember 2 for late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who died on Monday after 21 years in power.
Meles’s death creates a vacuum
Just a few hours after Meles Zenawi’s death was announced, British prime ministers – past and present – were queueing to pay tribute.
Ethiopia’s Meles: Two sides of an autocratic coin
The cerebral 57-year-old Meles Zenawi, who ruled Ethiopia for the past 21 years, died this week. He was a man of many parts.
TB Joshua: The preacher who knows too much
TB Joshua isn’t just predicting the death of Africa’s kings; he has the ear of some of Africa’s top politicians – including Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.
Ethiopia’s late leader Zenawi returns home
Thousands of mourning Ethiopians turned out as the late prime minister Meles Zenawi’s body arrived at Addis Ababa airport.
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Zenawi dies in Brussels
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has died from a sudden infection while recovering from an undisclosed illness at a hospital in Belgium.
Two more parties reject Ethiopia polls
Ethiopian opposition parties have rejected parliamentary elections which gave Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s ruling coalition a majority last week.
Thousands celebrate Ethiopia election landslide win
Thousands of supporters streamed into a square in Ethiopia’s capital on Tuesday to celebrate a peaceful election win for Prime Minister Meles Zenawi.
Ethiopia’s Meles set for easy re-election
Voters go to the polls in Ethiopia on Sunday with little doubt that Prime Minister Meles Zenawi will stay in power.