Obituary: Meles Zenawi. Life in pictures: Ethiopia's Meles Zenawi. Meles death: Leaders' reaction. Ethiopian leader 'in hospital'. This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Meles Zenawi was interviewed by the BBC in Instability concerns. He will be missed". View comments. US military drones that patrol east Africa, especially over Somalia, are stationed in Ethiopia. Ethiopia has long been criticised by human rights groups for the government's hardline crackdowns on dissent.
During the G8 summit in Chicago last May, Meles was interrupted soon after he started to speak: "You are a dictator! You have committed crimes against humanity! The bald, bespectacled politician, visibly shocked at first, tried to continue talking before staring down, stony-faced. Leslie Lefkow, deputy director of Human Rights Watch in Africa, said Meles brought Ethiopia out of a hugely difficult period following Mengistu's rule and made important economic progress, but the ruling party has been too focused on building its own authority in recent years instead of building government institutions.
Meles's government has been criticised for its use of arbitrary detention, torture and surveillance of opposition members inside Ethiopia. The ONLF, an opposition group that consists mostly of ethnic Somalis, has openly clashed with the government, including in when Ethiopia sent troops to Somalia to fight al-Shabaab militants.
During Meles's election win in , when it appeared the opposition was likely to make gains, Meles tightened security across the country, and on the night of the election he declared a state of emergency, outlawing any public gathering as his ruling party claimed a majority win.
Opposition members accused Meles of rigging the election, and demonstrations broke out. Security forces moved in, killing hundreds of people and jailing thousands. Almost the entire leadership of an opposition group that won an unprecedented number of seats in parliament was jailed for life for treason.
In , an anti-terror law was enacted, under which more than opposition figures have since been arrested. But they are fraudsters on the internet robbing people from their money.
What can be done to stop these people? My dear friend, How are you doing? I am happy to write you hope you read my mail in good health.
This is a little about me, My name is Rebecca Zenawi. I am 24yrs old single and never been married and have no kids. I like to explorer new things and new places.
I have a good personality. Daughter of Late Mr Meles Zenawi Prime Minister of Ethiopia , and also own other private companies which my step mother claim after his dead.
I feel a great joy around a happy family and i wish to experience the great joy of a happy home. I believe that you are honest and reliable person ,please i want you to help me and stand as my trustee so that I will present you to the Bank for transfer of the money to your account.
I kept this secret to people in the hostel here, the only person that knows about it is the Reverend Pastor , John Michael , because of the closeness and the fact that he took me as his daughter and i must say he is like a father to me.
Good day and greetings to you. How are you doing? This is a little about me, My name is Felisha Zenawi. I am 27 yrs old single and never been married and have no kids. I want you to kindly set a place for me in your heart and not in your mind for the mind easily forgets but the heart always remembers.
S dollars which my father deposited in Europe with my name as next of kin. I want after the transfer is completed that i can come and we live the rest of our lives there in your country while our investments being controlled by you as i have no experience about that.. He later changes his name to Meles in tribute to an activist killed by the communist government. In Meles drops out of medical school and travels back to the Tigray bush to take part in a nationalist revolt against the dictatorship of Colonel Mengistu Haile Mariam.
May - Mengistu flees Ethiopia en route to Zimbabwe. Two months later, an interim government is formed with Meles as transitional president.
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