Ethiopia’s late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi appeared at a climate change conference in Dec. 2009, in Copenhagen, Denmark. Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/ Getty Images. When he died in a Belgian hospital on ...

ADDIS ABABA, EthiopiaADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Ethiopia’s long-ruling leader died half a year ago, but it seems Meles Zenawi still holds on to power. In the capital, his face looks down from hundreds of ...

Ethiopia's longtime ruler, prime minister Meles Zenawi has died of an undisclosed illness. He was 57. Meles, as he is known, was a long-time ally of the U.S. and seen as a strong bulwark against ...

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Meles Zenawi, a young rebel who dropped out of medical school to go to war against east Africa's biggest army, had contracted malaria and was close to death, hiding near a ...

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 ...

This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Scott Simon. Ethiopia's longtime prime minister died this week. Meles Zenawi was 57. He came to power in 1991 when a rebel army toppled that nation's Marxist ...

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Ethiopians and at least 15 heads of state turned out on Sunday to pay their respects at the funeral of Meles Zenawi, the guerrilla leader turned economic ...

Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi died Monday evening after contracting a sudden infection while recovering from an undisclosed illness, according to Ethiopia's state-run television. "Prime ...

Joe Biden doesn’t need a running mate who has shown such poor judgment. By Bret Stephens The reforms by the country’s new prime minister are clashing with its flawed Constitution and could push the ...

Meles Zenawi came to power in Ethiopia at the head of a rebel army that toppled dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam. For 20 years, he worked to alleviate poverty for Ethiopians, but was accused by his ...