TPLF demoted Chairman, Executive members
The Tigrayan People Liberation Front (TPLF) purged three of its executive members, as the Central Committee's marathon meeting draws to…
Tuesday, November 28, 2017 @ 4:36 am
Azeb Mesfin
Azeb Mesfin is a widow of the late Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. Together they had three children; Semhal, Marda and Senay Meles.
Azeb was elected to the House of Peoples’ Representatives, in 2005 and 2010, representing her home district of Wolkait and Humera, and served as chair of its Social Affairs Standing Committee. In 2013, she was elected to the council of Addis Ababa City Administration. She is member of the executive committee of TPLF and EPRDF since 2010. She was elected to the council of Addis Ababa City Administration in 2013.
Azeb is also the CEO of the TPLF parastatal conglomerate EFFORT.
Read the posts related to Azeb Mesfin below.
Meles Zenawi Foundation established – Azeb Mesfin Board Chair
The Meles Zenawi Foundation was established at a launching ceremony held on April 7th at the African Union Headquarters in…
Sunday, April 14, 2013 @ 7:32 pm
PM Meles Zenawi’s absence fuels regional anxieties | Financial Times
(By Katrina Manson and William Wallis) The prolonged absence of Meles Zenawi, Ethiopia’s usually hyperactive prime minister, has sparked a…
Friday, August 10, 2012 @ 3:27 pm
Analysis: Ethiopia after PM Meles Zenawi (By René Lefort)
[I shall note that there are some factual errors as well as doubtful claims in this article. However, it is…
Thursday, August 9, 2012 @ 12:31 am
On Meles Zenawi’s health | Is the Premier back in town?
Ethiopian government confirmed PM Meles Zenawi’s illness and that he is out of the country. In a statement to Bloomberg…
Tuesday, July 17, 2012 @ 12:31 am
Report indicates poverty on decline in Ethiopia
Ethiopia is on the right track to achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in poverty reduction, the World Bank said.…
Monday, March 19, 2012 @ 12:47 am
Wikileaks: Ethiopian First Lady: Human trafficking ‘getting large’ [full text]
A leaked Cable of US Embassy discloses a meeting between Ethiopia’s first lady and US State Department Under Secretary Maria…
Thursday, September 1, 2011 @ 3:48 am
Clinton departs, promising to come back | Ethiopia
'the Secretary have to cut short her trip – her visit to Addis Ababa. ...The diplomatic portion of her trip…
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 @ 4:34 am
‘Audit me if you like’, first lady Azeb Mesfin | Ethiopia
Had there been an index of most gossiped persons in Ethiopia, Azeb Mesfin, wife of Premier Meles Zenawi, would be…
Friday, March 4, 2011 @ 5:04 am
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…
Thursday, November 25, 2010 @ 4:32 am