21/08/2012

Ethiopia: The End of an Era



After weeks of rumors and denied reports, it has finally been annouced Ethiopia's Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has passed away...

The man was holding the country's politics strongly, it's the least we can say, so it is difficult to guess what can come next.

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Here is a little press review of what can be read.

The BBC:

Ethiopian PM Meles Zenawi dies after illness

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19328356


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The Guardian:

Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has died aged 57 in a hospital "abroad", the government says.
It did not give details but an EU spokesman later told journalists he had died in Brussels, Belgium.

Meles Zenawi obituary

Ethiopian prime minister who fostered economic expansion and close ties with the US, but was accused of authoritarianism




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En francais:

BBC Afrique:

Le Premier ministre éthiopien est mort


 
Jeune Afrique


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