Ethiopia prime minister a no-show at African Union summit, raising questions about his health

[Haatu]

Ha u dhinto. May it be slow and painful. Silic iyo saxariir! :mad:

[GaraadMon]

As others have said, his good health is in our best interest. I care not for him, but for progress in Somalia, the last thing we need is a bordering nation of 80 million + to undergo a power vacuum. Especially at such a critical stage in Somali politics.

[Abwaan]

Somalia;851057 wrote:

And good health.

It is not a new thing inaad murderers and dictators u ducensid...ma kula yaabayo...Intaad is leedahay dad ka xanaaji adigu ha denbaabin.

[Mooge]

habesha dantoda way yaqanan. they won't destroy their country and before you know one amhara guy will become prime minister. dadkaan dantoda iyaga ka badiya. they not sttupid like somalis.

[Abwaan]

Horta bal isaga marka hore xaaladdiisu meeshay ku dambayso halla arko.

[Somalia]

Mooge;851172 wrote:

habesha dantoda way yaqanan. they won't destroy their country and before you know one amhara guy will become prime minister. dadkaan dantoda iyaga ka badiya. they not sttupid like somalis.

Look at Abwaan, dalka dadkii xoogey are trying to lecture us about mass murderers .. It's pathetic.

[Che -Guevara]

Senegalese President confirms Meles Zenawi's sickness

 

ADDIS ABABA - Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who was expected to attend a NEPAD meeting at African Union (AU) on Saturday, was unable to be available due to a deteriorating health condition.

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As the current chairperson of NEPAD, Prime Minister Meles is expected to deliver a report to the 27th Summit of NEPAD Heads of State and Government Orientation Committee (HSGOC) ahead of the 19th Assembly of Heads of State and Government of AU to be kicked off tomorrow here in Addis Ababa.

 

On behalf of Meles, Senegalese President, Macky Sall opened the meeting and he wished Meles to recover soon.

 

“PM Meles is not attending this meeting with us this afternoon for health reason. We would like to express that we wish him to recover soon to a better health," President Sall told participants.

 

Following his disappearance from the public, rumor is growing about Meles’s health condition as no official confirmation was released from government as to whether his health is deteriorating or not.

 

Specially, Meles has not showed up at the parliament in the last two weeks where he was expected to deliver the already concluded fiscal year’s government performance. Following his absence from parliament, the public remains in dark with the growing speculation of his ailing condition, and the next year’s budget has not been endorsed yet. The parliament has not been even officially closed for recess though one week has already gone from the usual schedule.

 

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[Abwaan]

Somalia;851225 wrote:

Look at Abwaan, dalka dadkii xoogey are trying to lecture us about mass murderers .. It's pathetic.

lol...ma in adiga dal aad leedahay lagaa xoogey baa laguu sheegay? Civil war hallaga baxo ayaa la leeyahay. Waryaa carruuraynta iska daa nin weyn baad tahay ee cajaladda iska saar!

[Che -Guevara]

Ethiopian leader Meles Zenawi 'in hospital'

 

Ethiopia's government has denied Prime Minister Meles Zenawi is critically ill but says he has been in hospital.

 

"He is not in a critical state. He is in good condition," spokesman Bereket Simon told the AFP news agency.

 

A spokesperson for the Ethiopian embassy in London told the BBC the 57 year old was in a stable condition after hospital treatment.

 

Speculation about his health began when he missed last weekend's African Union summit in Addis Ababa.

 

There were reports that Mr Meles was in hospital in Belgium, suffering from a stomach complaint.

 

The Ethiopian embassy spokesperson in London said the prime minister had been visited by high-level officials, but did not say where he was being treated.

 

Diplomatic sources in Brussels told AFP that the Ethiopian leader was in a hospital in the Belgian capital.

 

"He is in a critical state, his life is in danger," the agency was told by a diplomat who asked not to be named.

 

An Ethiopian government press conference about the rumours scheduled for Wednesday morning has been postponed until later this week.

 

Correspondents say it is believed Mr Meles's last public appearance was at the G20 talks in Mexico last month.

 

Mr Meles took power as the leader of a rebel movement which ousted the communist government of Mengistu Haile Mariam in 1991.

 

He has won several elections since then, but his political opponents have accused him of using repression to retain power.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18882674

[Che -Guevara]

European Media: Ethiopian PM in Critical Condition

Posted Wednesday, July 18th, 2012 at 11:15 am

 

European media are reporting that Ethiopia's longtime Prime Minister Meles Zenawi is hospitalized in critical condition, contrary to statements by the government.

 

News reports say the prime minister is hospitalized at Saint Luc Hospital in Brussels. The hospital on Wednesday declined to say if Mr. Meles is there.

 

In interviews with VOA, government officials and a former ruling party leader confirmed the prime minister is sick. But they denied reports that the 57-year-old leader is gravely ill.

 

The officials did not indicate the nature of Mr. Meles' illness.

 

An official with the Ethiopian Embassy in Kenya said Mr. Meles is “a little bit sick” and “exhausted,” but added Prime Minister Meles will be back at work soon.

 

Mr. Meles' friend and former ruling party leader, Sibhat Nega, told VOA the prime minister will be back in Ethiopia within a week.

 

He has not been seen in public for at least two weeks.

 

The government had scheduled a news conference Wednesday afternoon, but it was cancelled without explanation.

 

Nega said the government has been functioning normally during the prime minister's absence.

 

The parliament passed the prime minister's budget on Monday.

 

Nega said if anything happens to the prime minister, the parliament will choose a new leader after the ruling party presents its candidate.

 

All but one of the members of Ethiopia's Parliament are part of the ruling party TPLF.

 

http://blogs.voanews.com/breaking-news/2012/07/18/european-media-ethiopian-pm-in-critical-condition/

[Che -Guevara]

Meles Zenawi, Ethiopian prime minister, 'critical' in Brussels hospital.

 

Meles Zenawi, the Ethiopian prime minister, is in a "critical" condition in hospital in Brussels and may not survive, according to diplomatic sources

By Aislinn Laing, Johannesburg and Bruno Waterfield in Brussels5:33PM BST 18 Jul 2012

 

The 57-year-old premier has not been seen publicly for several weeks and missed a crunch African Union summit his country was hosting at the weekend at which a new chair was elected.

 

The Ethiopian government has confirmed that he is unwell but repeated promises of updates on his condition have been delayed.

 

On Wednesday, a Western diplomatic source in Brussels told the Telegraph that he is now "critically ill".

 

"He is being treated as a private person and the information is confidential but it is understood that he is critically ill," the diplomat said.

 

Mr Zenawi is thought to be receiving treatment for an unspecified condition at the Saint Luc University Hospital in Brussels. The hospital is a centre for the treatment of blood or "haematological" cancers.

 

Other diplomats told the AFP that Mr Zenawi might not survive his illness.

 

"He is in a critical state, his life is in danger," said one.

 

"He is in a critical state but is alive," another added.

 

Ethiopia's ambassador in Brussels and the hospital authorities refused to comment on the reports.

 

In Addis Ababa, however, Bereket Simon, a government spokesman, insisted that Mr Zenawi, who has held power in the populous Horn of Africa nation for over two decades, was recovering. "He is not in a critical state. He is in good condition," he told AFP.

 

Questions surfaced about Mr Meles's health when he missed a two-day African Union summit Sunday and Monday in Addis Ababa, apparently for the first time since 1991. He was last seen looking thin and pale at the G20 summit in Mexico in June.

 

Whatever Mr Zenawi's condition, anger is growing among Ethiopians at the refusal of his government to provide clarity on the situation and speculation has begun to swirl about possible successors.

 

The one-time Marxist, who toppled the brutal dictatorship of Mengistu Haile Mariam in 1991, has run Ethiopia through strongly centralised control for two decades and analysts struggle to envisage how the country would be operate without him.

 

Adjoa Anyimadu, Chatham House's Horn of Africa expert, said that Mr Zenawi's force of personality meant that few other Ethiopian politicians were well-known.

 

"He is the face of the Ethiopian ruling class so it's difficult to see who would take over from him," she said.

 

"Ethiopia is also very closely involved in regional issues, from its conflict with Eritrea, mediating between South and North Sudan and providing troops to Somalia. The level of uncertainty if this carries on could have repercussions for the region."

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/ethiopia/9409417/Meles-Zenawi-Ethiopian-prime-minister-critical-in-Brussels-hospital.html

[Somalia]

Oh shit, he's getting worse! I hope he gets better soon.

[oba hiloowlow]

^^

Nicca u serious? SMH

[Somalia]

Yeah, of course.

 

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God shed His grace on thee,

And crown thy good with brotherhood

From sea to shining sea!

[Che -Guevara]

The situation is more serious than was thought. The fact that the TPLF is tight-lipped about this and you have diplomats talking openly doesn't bode well for Zenawi.