Ethiopian PM Meles Zenawi dead at 57
By Kirubel Tadesse and Jason Straziuso in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | China Daily | Updated: 2012-08-22 07:21
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi speaks to China Daily in an exclusive interview on April 18 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Feng Yongbin / China Daily |
Meles Zenawi, Ethiopia's long-time ruler who held tight control over this East African country but was a major US counter-terrorism ally, died of an undisclosed illness after not being seen in public for weeks, Ethiopian authorities announced on Tuesday. He was 57.
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