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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Clinton in Addis: What’s on the Agenda?
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is scheduled to arrive in Addis on Monday. It.
Note on CBS profile of Meles Zenawi
The US media CBS-News has been running a series titled ‘The world’s enduring dictators’ since.
China’s ‘Permanent Signature in Africa’
The following article was originally posted on AsiaTimesOnline yesterday, titled ‘China’s scramble for the African.
A misplaced advice as ‘the other-side of the Ginbot 20 celebrations’
[By Fetsum Berhane] I accidentally came across an article is titled “Celebrating Ginbot 20: Two.
René Lefort blames the Oromos in his ‘Beka’ revolution prophecy
Hoping for a Tunisian-styled revolution on May 28 in Addis Ababa, René Lefort, the former.
US Secretary Clinton to visit Ethiopia, Zambia, Tanzania
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will travel to the Eastern African nations, Zambia, Tanzania.
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G8 – Africa Joint Declaration – Shared Values, Shared Responsibilities
G8/AFRICA JOINT DECLARATION SHARED VALUES, SHARED RESPONSIBILITIES G8 Summit of Deauville – May 26-27, 2011.
USD 300 mln for one route of Ethiopia’s new railway
India pledged 300 million USD for the construction of the new Ethiopian railway. The announcement.
Democracy and the Developmental State (Meles Zenawi)
In 2007 Prime Minister Meles Zenawi had been invited to a forum organized in Columbia.
Trade mispricing cost Ethiopia $8.3 bn in two decades
A United Nations Development Program (UNDP)commissioned report from Global Financial Integrity (GFI) on illicit financial.