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Spotlight | Ethiopia
Meles Zenawi obliged to govern by fear

Prime Minister Meles Zenawi learned one major lesson from the 2005 general election that he almost lost, which has since served as his guiding principle in politics: never let the opposition have any breathing space. What followed was a form [...]

Published on 16.04.2011 at 22:03 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Spotlight | Ethiopia
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