But it was only a lip service," he told the BBC. Obituary: Meles Zenawi. Life in pictures: Ethiopia's Meles Zenawi. Meles death: Leaders' reaction. Ethiopian leader 'in hospital'. This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Meles Zenawi was interviewed by the BBC in Instability concerns.
He will be missed". View comments. Published 21 August Published 18 July Meles's death could also potentially see changes in the relationship with arch-foe Eritrea, which split from Ethiopian rule in , before spiralling into a bitter border war in which tens of thousands died.
A peace deal led to a tense standoff, with Meles refusing to pull troops from the border town of Badme, even after an international court ruled the town belonged to Eritrea. The town has been the source of festering discontent between the two nations ever since. Meles also played a key role in brokering peace efforts between newly independent South Sudan and its former civil war foe Sudan. Daily newsletter Receive essential international news every morning.
Take international news everywhere with you! Download the France 24 app. The content you requested does not exist or is not available anymore. Ethiopia's mysterious PM dies abroad Story highlights Obama praises Meles Zenawi's "unyielding commitment to Ethiopia's poor" He supported "everything the United States wanted to do against terror," an expert says Critics point out his efforts to stifle political opposition and silence journalists He came to power as part of a guerrilla insurgency against a dictator.
Meles had not been seen in public in months, sparking intense international speculation about his health. The government revealed neither the cause nor the location of his death Monday at the age of Meles came to the forefront as a leader of a guerrilla insurgency against dictator Haile Mengistu Mariam in and cemented power in the ensuing decades.
Seen by admirers as a force for stability in a region with Islamist insurgencies in Somalia and Yemen and a history of famine, he was also criticized for cracking down on political opposition and the press. Ethiopian PM dies at 57 But he never overcame his "mindset as a rebel leader," and his democratic credentials were "poor," Johnson said. That's partly because of his action against Islamist movements in the region, including an invasion of Somalia in , Johnson said.
And "he was able to address the fundamentals -- health care, education, reducing the poverty rate," Johnson said.
President Barack Obama praised Meles' "unyielding commitment to Ethiopia's poor" in a statement Tuesday, citing his "personal admiration for Meles' desire to lift millions of Ethiopians out of poverty through his drive for food security. But in June, U.
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