ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) – Meles Zenawi, Ethiopia’s long-time ruler and a major U.S. counter-terrorism ally who is credited with economic gains but blamed for human rights abuses, died of an ...

Nibret Gelese spent years saving up to move from his home town Mekele, in the north of Ethiopia, and make a newlife in Addis Ababa. “Everyone said it was the place to be, the place to get rich,” he ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) – Thousands of mourners gathered near a public square in Ethiopia’s capital on Sunday to pay their final respects to Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who was praised for lifting ...

Meles Zenawi always said he didn’t intend to die in office. Speaking to TIME as long ago as 2007, the Ethiopian Prime Minister was talking about moving on: “I have been around for quite a long time,” ...

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopian strongman Meles Zenawi led one of Africa's most populous nations for more than two decades, steering it along the path of economic growth while clamping down on ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Meles Zenawi is a Prime Minister for Ethiopia with three videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2002 Statement. The year with the highest average number ...

The late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who transformed Ethiopia, has been widely praised both in life and in death. Three years ago this month, Ethiopians from far and near paid their last respects to ...

Thousands of people are attending the state funeral in Addis Ababa of Ethiopia's long-serving Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who died last month. Mr Meles' flag-draped coffin was carried in a procession ...