Category: Meles Zenawi
Meles Zenawi, born on May 9, 1955, was president of the Transitional Government of Ethiopia from 1991 to 1995 and Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia from 1995 until his passing in 2012.
Meles was chairperson of Tigray Peoples’ Liberation Front (TPLF/EPRDF) and the ruling party EPRDF since1989 and 1991, respectively. He acquired an MBA from the Open University of the United Kingdom and M.Sc. in Economics from the Erasmus University of the Netherlands. Meles was married to Azeb Mesfin and father of three.
Meles received various international awards for setting up a good foundation for the socio-economic progress of Ethiopia. He also received Rwanda’s National Liberation Medal, the “Uruti” and the country’s highest accolade, the “Umurinzi” (Campaign Against Genocide) medals, in July 2009 for helping to liberate Rwanda and end the genocide.
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Ethiopia: 2.3 Million need Humanitarian Assistance in 2010
The number of needy people has decreased from 5.2 million in January to 2.3 million recently, the Ministry of Agriculture and international donor organizations announced.
In a joint news conference they gave here on Wednesday, officials of the Ministry and donor organizations said about 20 million USD is also required to meet the prioritized needs in the non-food sectors.
NY Times owes Apology to Ethiopia’s First Lady
It is not difficult to imagine Jeré Longman’s eagerness to explain the cause of Haile’s decision. With this zeal, he persistently goggled and come across Ethiopian-review and Haile’s latest tweets.
Alas, his enthusiasm failed him. He forgot to ask why other media outlets ignored the Ethiopia-review story, although it’s been online for 15 days. He had less than a day, only Monday morning, to attempt contacting the Haile Gebreselassie and the Ethiopian Embassy.
PM appoints Execution Supervisors
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi six more officials with the rank of State Minister on Wednesday, November 17/2010.
Five of the appointees are Execution Supervisors and the sixth is responsible for the special office of the PM.
Lidetu Ayalew, President of Ethiopian Democrats Party, takes on Birhanu Nega(PhD), the Chairman of Ginbot 7, in an interview hosted at aned-ethiopia radio on Nov. 20/2010.
[LISTEN HERE] or [DOWNLOAD HERE]
Ethiopia’s New Ambassadors | Seyoum to China, Girma to DC
The weekly English newspaper Capital reported, citing its ‘absolutely impeccable source’, the new posts of.
UNDP: Ethiopia’s the topmost human development achiever [Press Release]
according to the press release by the UNDP in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia registered the 2nd highest improvement in the world between 2000-10, and the highest improvement in the world between 2005-10.
New Security Advisor Appointed, State Media Skipped the News
Since Oct. 5/2010, PM Meles Zenaiw appointed 30 Ministers(including 10 Ministers without Portfolio), 49 State Ministers(including Prof. Tekalegn Mammo Advisor to the Minister of Agriculture with the rank of a State Minister ), 36 Especial envoys, Ambassadors plenipotentiary and Ambassadors, and 1 Commissioner (Sport Commissioner Abagisa).
The public media outlets reported all the previous appointments, as they were immediately notified by a letter from the PM Office.
But not this time.
Ethiopian Gov’t: EU Report shaped by Human Right Watch Bully [Full text]
The Ethiopian government disparaged the EU Observers final report on Tuesday. The press statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs described the report ‘as flawed as the preliminary statement issued by the Mission at the close of the elections in Ethiopia on 25 May 2010.’
EU Observers Validate Ethiopian Election with Moderate Recommendations
[Use the link at the bottom to download the full report in English or Amharic]
EU Observers released their final report on Ethiopian election on Monday. Given the moderateness of the report, it is puzzling why the Ethiopian government refused to host the press conference to release the report, which was held in Brussels rather than in Addis Ababa.
Breaking News: EU Observers Chief says ‘Ethiopia refused to host Election Report Presentation'[on Twitter]
Thijs Berman, head of the European Union Election Observation Mission to Ethiopia will present its Final Report about the May 23/2010 election on Monday. However, the venue for the release of the report is Brussels, not than Addis Ababa.
Reason? Ethiopia refused to host the event, according to Thijis Berman.