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 ...

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 ...

(The Root) — The news this week that Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi died — of a “sudden infection,” according to state TV — did not exactly come as a shock. For weeks there were rumors that he ...

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia's former Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who died on Monday after a long illness, is to be buried in a state funeral on September 2, the government said on Thursday.

After not being seen in public for nearly two months, Ethiopia's Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has reportedly died at the age of 57. Ethiopian authorities provided very few details about Meles death, ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia's ruling party is holding a meeting in the capital to elect a chairman to succeed the late prime minister Meles Zenawi. Meles, 57, died on August 20 of an unknown ...

Ethiopia's prime minister, Meles Zenawi, has died. He was 57 years old. Meles was reportedly being treated at a hospital in Belgium. He came to... Ethiopia Faces Uncertain Future After Leader's Death ...

ADDIS ABABA, May 24 (Reuters) - Ethiopia will announce on Monday the provisional result of a national election which is expected to return Prime Minister Meles Zenawi to power and set him on the road ...

"Prime Minister Zenawi suddenly passed away last night. Meles was recovering in a hospital overseas for the past two months but died of a sudden infection at 11:40 p.m.," the statement said. In recent ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia’s ruling party is holding a meeting in the capital to elect a chairman to succeed the late prime minister Meles Zenawi. Meles, 57, died on August 20 of an unknown ...

Hailemariam Desalegn, who was appointed deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs in 2010, became acting prime minister and will be sworn in as prime minister after an emergency meeting of ...