ETHIOPIANS have mourned their late strongman Meles Zenawi ... adorned with white flowers and pictures of Meles - who died last month aged 57 - as a boy and young man, before the casket was ...

Meles died in a Brussels hospital on August 20 after a protracted illness Followed by giant crowds, Meles’ flag-draped coffin slowly processed through the capital from the National Palace to the ...

Meles Zenawi was born Legesse Zenawi on May 8, 1955,in the northern town of Adwa. As a young rebel ­later, he took the nom de guerre Meles to honor Meles Tekle, a Tigrayan nationalist student ...

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, Ethiopia – Meles Zenawi, Ethiopia's long-time ruler who ... State TV on Tuesday showed pictures of Meles as classical music played in the background. Born on May 8, 1955, Meles ...

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 ...