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Tag Archives: Azeb Mesfin
Ethiopia: The Meles Zenawi foundation
By Teklu Abate The Ethiopian regime has launched the Meles Zenawi foundation following its April 6 Congress at the AU Hall here in the capital. The foundation constitutes a library, a research center, a fellowship programme, and a public park, … read more
Posted in Article, By Teklu Abate, Columnist, Op-ed
Tagged Azeb Mesfin, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, IndepthAfrica, Meles, Meles Zenawi, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Sudan
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Ethiopia: Demeke Mekonen stole the show at the lavish state funeral accorded to Bereket’s mom
Ethiopia: Demeke Mekonen stole the show at the lavish state funeral accorded to Bereket’s mom. *Is he eying the PM’s post? (By Getahune Bekele, South Africa) One of the main collaborators and loyal disciples of the genocidal minority Tigre Junta, … read more
Posted in Article, Columnist, Getahune Bekele, Op-ed
Tagged Addis Ababa, Adigrat, Azeb Mesfin, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Gabriel, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front, TPLF
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Ethiopia: Meles Foundation Launched
Government of Ethiopia (Addis Ababa) The inaugural meeting of Meles Foundation opened this morning (March 6) at the African Union Hall. The meeting is attended by Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn , President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, President Ismail Omar Guelleh … read more
Posted in East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somali, South Sudan, Sudan
Tagged Abdi Farah Shirdon, African Union, Azeb Mesfin, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Hailemariam Desalegn, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Sudan, Yoweri Museveni
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Sudan and South Sudan pledge $3 million for Ethiopia’s Zenawi foundation
The two Sudans have pledged a combined $3 million in support of the Meles Foundation, established in honour of Ethiopia’s the late prime minister, Meles Zenawi and officially launched on Saturday in a ceremony held at the African Union (AU) … read more
Posted in East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, News, South Sudan, Sudan
Tagged Abdi Farah Shirdon, Addis Ababa, African Union, Azeb Mesfin, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Sudan, Yoweri Museveni
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Ethiopia: EPRDF’s ethnic policy imperils the goal of AU
By Robele Ababya, Unity of Ethiopia is paramount The EPRDF regime is killing, arbitrarily arresting and encouraging ethnic cleansing; therefore an all-inclusive struggle in self-defense is morally and legally justified. The Amharas and Oromos are the main victims of such … read more
Posted in Article, Columnist, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed, Robele Ababya
Tagged Azeb Mesfin, China, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Front, Indepth Africa Magazine, Meles Zenawi, Robele Ababya, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front, United States
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Ethiopia: EPRDF Delegates Unhappy With Meles Eulogy
Addis Fortune (Addis Ababa) Delegates of the ninth convention of the ruling EPRDF party have shown their dissatisfaction over a eulogy written for their late leader, Meles Zenawi, while some were critical of the quality of its writing and completeness … read more
Meles was a poor man who had no bank account – Azeb Mesfin
By Addis Fortune Editor’s Note – Azeb Mesfin, the widow of Meles Zenawi, said her husband’s net salary was 4,000 Birr a month, too little money that he had no need for a bank account. Azeb was mad that such … read more
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
Tagged Azeb, Azeb Mesfin, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Hailemariam Desalegn, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front, TPLF
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Ethiopia: Tigray economics and Ethiopian politics
By Teklu Abate During the last two decades, Tigray has occupied the minds of Ethiopians. That EPRDF’s (the Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Party) creator, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), is native to Tigray explains all the discourses. Ordinary conversations, … read more
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
Tagged Azeb Mesfin, During the last two decades, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Front, International Food Policy Research Institute, is native to Tigray explains all the discourses. Ordinary, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), Tigray, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front, TPLF
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Ethiopia: No Surprises, Couple of Changes At the TPLF
Addis Fortune Concluding its ninth convention, the senior partner in the ruling coalition, TPLF has elevated for the first time since its formation, a woman to its political bureau, making two of the nine politbureau members women, Fortune learnt. Tirfu … read more
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
Tagged Arkebe Oqubay, Azeb Mesfin, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, IndepthAfrica, indepthindepthafrica, latest ethiopian news, Meles Zenawi, news ethiopia, Seyoum Mesfin, Sudan, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front, TPLF
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Deadly Ethnic rivalry, substance abuse and booze tearing the late Zenawi’s family apart
(By Getahune Bekele-South Africa) This was how the dead tyrant L.Zenawi raised ‘his’ daughter. Semehal Meles Zenawi not only grew up attentively listening to her ‘ father’s’ anti-Amharic and anti-Ethiopia marathon speeches, but also watched him killing thousands of Amharas … read more
Posted in Article, Canada, Columnist, Getahune Bekele
Tagged Amhara, Azeb Mesfin, Chelsea Clinton, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, IndepthAfrica, indepthindepthafrica, latest ethiopian news, Meles Zenawi, news ethiopia, Seyoum Mesfin, Susan Rice, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front
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Ethiopia’s new leadership is practising hero-worship
DURING his two decades running Ethiopia, Meles Zenawi almost single-handedly engineered its rise from lost cause to model pupil. Even his enemies admit he was both popular and competent. Often working around the clock, he could make complex policy choices … read more
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
Tagged Addis Ababa, African Union, Azeb Mesfin, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Front, Ethiopians, Hailemariam Desalegne, IndepthAfrica, latest ethiopian news, Meles Zenawi, Mengistu Haile Mariam, news ethiopia
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Ethiopia: Endemic corruption ending the EPRDF rule?
Robele Ababya, Emulating the Pakistani uprising against corruption This piece is prompted by the recent development of crisis in Pakistan where “Pakistan‘s Supreme Court has ordered the arrest of the country’s prime minister on corruption charges, heightening the already extreme … read more
Posted in Article, Columnist, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Robele Ababya
Tagged Azeb Mesfin, China, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia eritrea, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, Ethiopian Haile, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, IndepthAfrica, latest ethiopian news, Meles Zenawi, news ethiopia, nigeria africa, Nigeria Government, Pakistan, Pakistani, Raja Pervaiz Ashraf
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Ethiopia: Ethnocracy in the name of ethnic federalism
By Yohannes Berhe In the first part of my commentaries, The future of democracy in Ethiopia, I presented some of the potential threat to the stability of our country as a result of a sudden turn of events. Further, I … read more
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
Tagged Azeb Mesfin, East Africa, Eritrea, eritrea africa, Eritrea-Ethiopia, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia africa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Ethnicism, History, IndepthAfrica, latest ethiopian news, Nation-State, news ethiopia, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front, TPLF
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Ethiopia: With the death of Meles Zenawi, the power of Adwa elite is buried for good
Meles Zenawi, Ethiopia‘s prime minister for 17 years from 1995-2012 has taken the short lived power held by him and by his comrades from Adwa for good to the grave when he died in August of 2012.Currently no Adwa Tigrian … read more
Frantic skuif deur TPLF Christene en Moslems te verdeel
Deur Robele Ababya Ethiopië is een van die eerste lande in die wêreld te aanvaar Christendom in 330 nC die verwelkoming van die koms van die prediking van die Nuwe Testament die Ou Testament wat in plek was te verryk. … read more
Aliyejawa hoja na TPLF kwa kupasuliwa Wakristo na Waislamu
Kwa Robele Ababya Ethiopia ni nchi ya kwanza katika dunia kukubali Ukristo katika 330 AD kukaribisha ujio wa kuhubiri Agano Jipya kuimarisha Agano la Kale kwamba alikuwa mahali. Alikuwa pia nchi ya kwanza duniani ambapo Mfalme Mkristo alitoa kimbilio kwa … read more
Ethiopia: Late PM Meles Zenawi’s wife relative on “wanted list in Canada”
Meles wife Azeb Mesfin relative on wanted list in Canada Do you know anything about those individuals? Call Crime Stoppers 1-800-222-8477 The late Ethiopian Prime Minister’s wife is in the news again, this time not in Ethiopia but Canada. The … read more
Scandalous: How Susan Rice’s lewd remark at the late Ethiopian dictator’s funeral caused deadly confrontation
By Getahune Bekele US permanent representative at the UN, Susan Rice arrived in Addis Ababa last September 2012 for warlord Leggese Zenawi’s funeral looking rather butch and motion less like the statue of liberty, clearly mired in deep sorrow. The … read more
“Ethiopia’s Great Wealth is its People” – Meles Zenawi
What is the greatest need of the people of Ethiopia? It helps a great deal and makes things clear, if we state clearly and know what we are trying to solve, and the issues we are concerned about and trying … read more
Posted in Article, Eritrea, Ethiopia
Tagged Addis Ababa, Azeb Mesfin, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopian people, IndepthAfrica, Meles, Meles Zenawi, People of Ethiopia
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The Ethiopian Air Lines Saga By Berhane Kidane
Since its inception, the Ethiopian Air Lines has been the pride of all Ethiopians. The Ethiopian Airlines is one of the best Air Lines in the world. Its employees do not just consider their job as a place where they … read more
Ethiopia: How Long Should Azeb Mesfin Stay in the Palace?
By Seble Teweldebirhan Addis Ababa,(Ezega.com) – This week, the former First Lady Azeb Mesfin was a topic of controversy in the country. The fact that after nearly two months of the death of her husband Meles Zenawi, she still lives … read more
Posted in Article, Eritrea, Ethiopia
Tagged Addis Ababa, Azeb, Azeb Mesfin, Ethiopia, Hailemariam, IndeptAfrica, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, National Palace, Prime minister
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Ethiopia: Former PM Meles Zenawi widow ‘refusing to vacate palace’
The powerful widow of former prime minister Meles Zenawi is reportedly stalling on vacating Ethiopia’s national palace for the country’s new leader and his family. According to government sources, Mrs Azeb Mesfin has ignored instructions to move to a new … read more
Kill abject poverty in Ethiopia
By Robele Ababya Abject poverty which the TPLF has perpetrated for the last 21 years has all along been its effective weapon as a slogan to obliterate it, but in actual fact to perpetrate it through the adoption of wrong … read more
The “Great successor” ordered ethnic Wolytas to wear sackcloth and perform ancient mourning rituals for Zenawi…
By Getahune Bekele The man who was told by the TPLF junta not to get closer to the prime ministers’ office during Zenawis’ long absence, now dubbed by the same warlords the great successor, Deputy PM and Foreign minister Hailemariam … read more
Ethiopia’s ruling Agame junta to stage a North Korean style mock funeral for the late tyrant, Meles Zenawi
By Getahune Bekele The tiresome pedagogue and pathological liar of the highest echelon, The scheming Bereket Simeon, who until recently insisted that Zenawi will be back before September, is once again planning to deceive the world by staging a well … read more
Posted in Article, Columnist, East Africa, Ethiopia, Getahune Bekele, News
Tagged Addis Ababa, Africa Countries, africa facts, africa for kids, africa karl wolf, africa lyrics, Africa news, africa news today, africa song, africa toto, african food, African History, Agame, Azeb Mesfin, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, reuters africa news, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front, Zenawi
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Tigres start evacuating as Zenawi sneaked out of the country for cancer Treatment
By Getahune Bekele The withering and dying tyrant, Leggese Zenawi of Ethiopia is back in Belgium for the third time in less than two months. He is expected to receive yet another extensive cancer treatment. The cold-blooded murderer who stole … read more
Posted in Article, Columnist, East Africa, Ethiopia, Getahune Bekele, News
Tagged Addis Ababa, afria travel, Africa news, africa news today, African news, Azeb Mesfin, BBC Africa, bbc africa news, Belgium, East Africa, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Ethiopian Review, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, india south africa, latest africa news, map africa, map of africa, news, news 24, news in africa, North Africa, South Africa, South Africa Holiday, south african news, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front, Tigre, Travel in South Africa, travel to africa, West Africa
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HIV – AIDS at the center of discussions of the general assembly of the Organisation of African First Ladies (OAFLA)
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, February 1, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Organization of African First Ladies Against HIV/AIDS (OAFLA) held its General Assembly, today 30 January 2012, at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, under the theme: “An … read more
Ethiopia: Occupy Arat Kilo – We are the 99.6%
By Tedla Asfaw We are not 99 like here in America and UK but 99.6. It is also true an average Ethiopian makes a dollar /about 99.6 cent a day back home. The Club of 99.6 are almost all Ethiopians … read more
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