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Spotlight | Ethiopia
Zenawi wants to turn the page on 2005

For several months Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has been actively working to protect his position in the 23 May general election to turn the page on the insult in 2005 when the opposition won the poll in the capital (ION [...]

Published on 29/05/2010 at 22:03 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Meles admits his fault in the economy

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Meles facing lacklustre opposition

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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.

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Spotlight | Ethiopia
Meles wants to avoid hunger riots

The governing EPRDF party’s unopposed domination of the country’s institutions does not insure Prime Minister Meles Zenawi against the dangerous social tensions that are building up in Ethiopia. Particularly as the price of staples went through the roof in January, [.

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Spotlight | Ethiopia
Meles Zenawi bolts down the election

While he is the darling of Washington and London because of the well-oiled free-market economic views that he holds forth in international inner circles, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi does not show the same openness of mind when it comes to [.

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Ethiopia
No rerun of the 2005 election

Meles Zenawi does not want a rerun of the 2005 election, when the EPRDF was strongly contested.

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Spotlight | Ethiopia
The EPRDF's many weak spots

With only a year to go until the general election that could replace Meles Zenawi in the post of Prime Minister, the Ethiopian government is still bogged down by serious security problems. In addition to sporadic activity by OLF and [.

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Spotlight | Ethiopia
Zenawi brings the private sector to heel

After tightening the screws on the opposition ahead of the 2010 general election (ION 1256), Prime Minister Meles Zenawi now wants to bring to heel any private operators who do not apply his directives to the letter.

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Spotlight | Ethiopia
Meles clamps down before withdrawing

Prime Minister Meles Zenawi is going to work at putting the EPRDF (ruling coalition) into battle order ahead of the general election in 2010. But he has learnt his lesson from the 2005 poll, when his government came within a [.

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Spotlight | Ethiopia
Meles Zenawi blows hot and cold

The Ethiopian military adventure in Somalia has hardly been the "lightning war" intended. Meles Zenawi will therefore probably hesitate before considering a similar operation in Eritrea. And yet, he will have to take an initiative on these two conflicts before [.

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Spotlight | Ethiopia
The political bigwigs in Addis Ababa

While some Western embassies had been expecting Prime Minister Meles Zenawi to make a substantial changes in the teams leading the various factions of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF in power in Addis Ababa), the outcome of the [.

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Spotlight | Ethiopia
The Tigrayans still sew up the key posts

Fifteen years after they came to power following a long guerrilla struggle, the leaders of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) still make up the hard core of the Ethiopian regime. In spite of cautious openings to their allies from [.

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Spotlight | Ethiopia
New round of negotiations to break the deadlock

Whereas the American Administration is doing its best to negotiate the freeing of the imprisoned Ethiopian opposition leaders, the Prime Minister Meles Zenawi is digging in his heels. He runs the risk that a growing number of opponents accept the [.

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Spotlight | Ethiopia
No sooner started, the dialogue bogs down

Fearing violent reactions by the government and under pressure from Western diplomats, the Ethiopian opposition withdrew its call for a general strike and accepted to re-establish dialogue with the Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. In doing so, the leaders of the [.

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Spotlight | Ethiopia
Electoral tidal wave in favour of the opposition

In holding general elections in approximately free and fair conditions on 15 May, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi perhaps did not suspect he would be putting his regime in danger. With a very high turnout, this ballot revealed to what extent [.

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Spotlight | Ethiopia
Zenawi wants to turn the page on 2005

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Eritrea's opposition down in the dumps

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Hailemariam retains his second-in-command

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Meles admits his fault in the economy

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Meles facing lacklustre opposition

Spotlight | Ethiopia
Meles Zenawi obliged to govern by fear

Spotlight | Ethiopia
Meles wants to avoid hunger riots

Spotlight | Ethiopia
Meles Zenawi bolts down the election

Ethiopia
No rerun of the 2005 election

Spotlight | Ethiopia
The EPRDF's many weak spots

Spotlight | Ethiopia
Zenawi brings the private sector to heel

Spotlight | Ethiopia
Meles clamps down before withdrawing

Spotlight | Ethiopia
Meles Zenawi blows hot and cold

Spotlight | Ethiopia
The political bigwigs in Addis Ababa

Spotlight | Ethiopia
The Tigrayans still sew up the key posts

Spotlight | Ethiopia
New round of negotiations to break the deadlock

Spotlight | Ethiopia
No sooner started, the dialogue bogs down

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Electoral tidal wave in favour of the opposition