Yet just like his neighbour and former friend President Issayas Aferwerki (AC Vol 43 No 7) Meles has been gravely undermined by the war...
They included Ethiopia's Meles Zenawi Eritrea's Issayas Afewerki and Uganda's Yoweri Museveni...
To the north Meles's cousin President Issayas Afewerki of Eritrea is under fire from local and foreign critics for his autocratic style (AC Vol 42 Nos 19 & 20)...
As war-hero-turned-dissident Mesfin Hagos prepares to return home to near certain imprisonment for criticising President Issayas Afewerki international pressure is mounting on the government to reverse its recent moves to suppress dissent (AC Vol 42 No 19)...
The moratorium on air attacks agreed after June’s raids on Asmara and Makelle (and after phone calls by President Bill Clinton to Premier Meles Zenawi and President Issayas Afewerki) still holds...