Ethiopia's Meles Hailed an African Hero

Several heads of state, foreign dignitaries and citizens paid their last respects to former Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who has been described as an 'African hero'.
  • Ethiopia:   Meles Zenawi Laid to Rest

    New Times, 3 September 2012

    PRESIDENT Paul Kagame, yesterday, joined the people of Ethiopia to bid a final farewell to their former premier Meles Zenawi, who was laid to rest in Addis Ababa. Read more »

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Former Prime Minister Meles Zenawi died at the age of 57 (file photo).

  • Ethiopia:   I Come to Bury Meles Zenawi

    Independent (Kampala), 1 September 2012

    "I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones." - Mark Anthony, Julius Caesar Read more »

  • Ethiopia:   Meles - Africa's Dictator-Diplomat

    Independent (Kampala), 1 September 2012

    The recent death in Brussels of Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi finally brings to light what lay behind his mysterious two-month disappearance from public life. Read more »

  • Ethiopia:   Prime Minister Meles Zenawi's Untimely Death....

    EPA, 28 August 2012

    The Council of Ministers of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia announced on Tuesday morning that Prime Minister Meles Zenawi had died on August 20th at 11:40 pm at the… Read more »

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