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RIP Dictator MELES ZENAWI
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Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has died at the age of 57, state media say, after weeks of speculation about his health.
Mr Meles was admitted to hospital in July. The nature of his condition has not been made public.
Speculation about his health began when he missed an African Union summit in Addis Ababa earlier last month.
Mr Meles took power as the leader of a rebels that ousted communist leader Mengistu Haile Mariam in 1991.
Deputy Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, who is also Ethiopia’s foreign minister, will be acting head of government, state television said.
Three weeks ago, a government told the BBC that Mr Meles Zenawi was in “a good condition and recuperating”, and dismissed reports he was critically ill.
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The tyrant’s death that was kept a secret for so long by his irresponsible, corrupt and autocratic inner circle should be a chance for Ethiopians to come together, bury the legacy of the brutal ruler that added 21 long years to Ethiopia’s dark past and keep up the fight for justice, equality, rule of law, human rights and democracy that we desperately need at this crucial time in our nation’s history. The opposition, political and civic organizations as well as all peace, equality and justice loving Ethiopians should come together and do everything in our power to make sure that our country comes out of the yoke of oppression, tyranny and marginalization that was forced on it by the savage rule of colonel Meles Zenawi. As I said earlier, if colonel Zenawi had anything to leave behind, it is the 21 dark years he added to the history of Ethiopia’s dark past and his serving as an American stooge that sacrificed Ethiopia’s interests and national pride for the whims and pleasures of the west, particularly its political master, the United States.