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ETHIOPIA: The return of the Meles?

August 3, 2012 · 330215 CommentsETHIOPIA%3A+The+return+of+the+Meles%3F2012-08-03+10%3A39%3A40Qalinle+Hussein

Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi attends the opening of a three-day horticulture industry conference in Addis Ababa (REUTERS/Irada Humbatova).

ADDIS ABABA — A top Ethiopian official says the health of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi is “much improved” in recent days, following treatment for an unspecified illness.

Meles has not been seen in public for more than a month, and opposition websites this week reported the Ethiopian leader is dead.

In an interview with Ethiopian television late Wednesday, Information Minister Bereket Simon dismissed those rumors as false and said Meles’ health is in “good condition.”

He did not reveal the prime minister’s illness, or where he is being treated, but said Meles has improved since the last time officials briefed reporters, about 12 days ago.

Media reports last month said Meles was critically ill at Saint Luc Hospital in Brussels, Belgium.

On Monday, Amsterdam-based Ethiopian Satellite Television said the the prime minister was dead, saying it based the report on information from a Brussels-based think tank, the International Crisis Group.

However, the International Crisis Group released a statement saying it has “no direct knowledge” of Meles condition and is not in a position to speculate about it.

Meles Zenawi is 57 years old and has ruled Ethiopia since taking power in a 1991 coup.

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August 3, 2012

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By Qalinle Hussein

Tags: Ethiopia, Health, Meles Zenawi

cabdinaasir says:

He has brain tumor spread all over his brain lost some of broca’s area which linked to speech production. The west are looking who will replace him becuase his days are numbered.

6:11 am on August 3, 2012

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hamsa says:

So many somalis wish him death. I say he is nothing! Just a looser. Perhaps, they wish him death because they blame him for Somalia's collapse.

It is the Somali Leaders who have brought down the country of Somalia, and I dare say, it is the main Darood and Hawiye clan Leaders who have brought Somalia to its knees.

Why? Their reckless competition for the fruits of power and privilege. They want power and privilege, a small group at the top who fight for their own personal battles for their own interests, drumming up support from their clans, everybody else is a rival worth shooting and be killed. Once in power they are corrupted by power and privilege which directly leads to bad government and corruption, hence, total collapse. Shame on them and those who support them just because they belong to the same clan.

Somaliland, go on your own way since you were a Country before joining the Somalia. However, please beware of Leaders with no Vision and who simply wants power and privilege, instead of seeking positions so they can better the lives of their people.

6:32 am on August 3, 2012

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- cabdinaasir says:
  
  bro you misunderstood. no one is blaming This dying vampire somalis should blame Them self’s They give him The chance and opportunity to manipulate somali society.all somali tribes were responsible downfall of somalia Thoe some tribes done more damage Than The others.
  
  Whether he lives or dies most somalis do not care accept small collaborators.
  
  7:09 am on August 3, 2012
  
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yhm says:

Do you know that he was a citizen of Somalia with diplomatic immunities when he was a rebel?

9:37 am on August 3, 2012

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mohamed cheers says:

What will be the aftermath of Meles Zenawi of TPLF one party rule of the EPDRF Ethiopia look like
is any body(s) speculation? Would the TPLF find the right charisma similar to Meles? Would
the grand old party Amhara make a come back in the new Ethio politics? Would there be the
other oppositions like Oromo, Onlf to mention few find more leverage in the Ethiopian politics?
Would the TPLF without Meles be able to transform Ethiopia just like Kenya? What will be the
bilateral relations between the TPLF and EPLF? These and many more questions are in the
horizon like a rainbow?
Cheers.

9:52 pm on August 3, 2012

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