Meles Zenawi |Talk to Jazeera

In this episode of Talk to Jazeera, Al Jazeera's Andrew Simmons talks to Meles Zenawi, the Ethiopian prime minister, on the eve of his country's elections. Zenawi, who has been the Ethiopian prime minister since 1991, talks about presiding over the country with the second-largest population in Africa and his country's often poor human rights record.
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[@user-fl8cv2ix2e]

He was very potent politician ever in this zone with his fluent English speaking. We love you always melles sending much respect from Eritrea

[@helen8440]

You are not Eritrean..aythasu. Especially if you love these person. He literally said we have to destroy Eritrea in his interview I heard it by own ears and watched it by own eyes. Do your research and know who to love and who to hate..by the way speaking fluent English doesn’t make you smart it means you talk another language other than English..period

[@selamselam1756]

AndI I am Eritrean here, guess what who is ruining our country to a whole of mess? I still have a big respect to Meles. At least this people “Weyane” show us good and bad in thier 27 ruling years. What did Isaias do? Just to let you know I am Amche I hope something is clear for you here. If I hate I have a thousand reasons to hate Meles.

[@user-fl8cv2ix2e]

AndI nsika aslamay nejis wey tegadalay donqoro kitkewn aleka anxar meninetna n tegarun zteqaleskumo ametat b gzieu zeakele atehasasba ysiero kemzelo kberhalka alewo. Dhri degim zew tewedia eya arkeni tegaru natey blood yom

[@selamselam1756]

נתנאל נתנאל I think it is good if we don’t raise beliefs here. Eritrea is for both faith’s and we have Been living in harmony for thousands years. Please have respect for the sake of our fallen martyrs who gave thier life selfless for us to live in freedom. If you are supporting Meles because of his Tgrawnet then I am sorry I can’t agree with you. To me you are sounded like Agazian. Just to remind you I am a Christian woman Incase of you think I am a Muslim.

[@user-fl8cv2ix2e]

Susu Selam ageazian is an identity of having a lot belongs to me as I Tigrinya. don’t not attach to what is going on today. What do you mean I'm a Christian? Thanks to God Christianity is all over the world and also Islam. you think religion can describe your identity? christian wey aslamay zbahal mennet ykun seb yelon

[@sftsfs]

Wow! what’s disturbing is that only 777k people out of 100m Ethiopians saw this interview

[@mdte5421]

I’m not a tigrayan but I’m just proud that he was our PM! We have a hoodlum now governing our country ! What a sad situation we are in !

[@Ethiopiannigus]

Lol you think meles is better than Abiy? U must be 5 years old

[@mdte5421]

I think you are the imbecile ! The dear leader, cult leader has intoxicated you. Keep drinking his cool aid. Forget about governing a country - he can barely construct a sentence in English ! Trust me it is not about having an accent, your dear leader can not even articulate a sentence ! That’s why he barely gives an interview in English ! Btw, yiu are making a mockery of every 5 years old ! So zip it !

[@craigsilver9]

Abiy Ahmed is a conman. If that አጭበርባሪ has a PHD then pigs are flying on the moon. How did he even get a bachelors 😂?? ወይ ሀገሬ. He can’t put 3 sentences together

[@capc2761]

My love for this man grew after seeing this❤️❤️❤️RIP

[@SummerRenaissance]

"The death of PM Meles has robbed Africa of one of its' greatest sons" - Jean Ping, Chair of the AU Commission. I came across this interview again after seeing it back in 2010 when it aired. Proud then, proud now! With all your flaws, you built this country for us. Meles, I wish you could see Ethiopia now, your brains are so needed. May you Rest in Peace sir. Thank you for your service, your Excellency Prime Minister of Ethiopia.

[@HS-oy6dr]

Evil man with the evil strategy to take over ethiopian peoples wealth !

[@zehabeshatv5836]

Thank you for your warm comment !! I’m feeling the same and I’m not even from Tigray!!

[@SummerRenaissance]

@@zehabeshatv5836 Same I’m not either, but he served Ethiopia which is why I feel this way. God bless the country he so tirelessly worked for🙌🏽🇪🇹.

[@mokshewoch7552]

Wrong. The death of Meles brought hope in the horn of Africa. A dictator who divided nations.

[@loveyoutube2]

@@mokshewoch7552 What hope? Ethiopians are killing each others, what hope?

[@WondimuAdugna]

You are always in the hearts of all Ethiopians.

[@teferiwoldegiorgis2941]

Really? He is a killer, we all Ethiopians hate that murderer gay man!

[@MikaelChoi]

I was not a supporter of this man on a lot of things and he did some things that were unjust but, he was a smart and intelligent politician and a great economist. He was good at handling interviews. RIP Zenawi.

[@yibelghebre6265]

Before you speak of just, you must clearly understand what it is all about. You simply judge out of hearsay and try to justify it by your unkind hate. Melws never needed your complements. He was there to do the right thing for his own people. He did huge !!!

[@MikaelChoi]

@@yibelghebre6265 And before you speak of unkind hate you need to carefully listen to or read what other people say. Criticism of political policy is not unkind hate. I am not surprised a trigger comment coming from a Ghebre. 😂😂😂😂

[@Benger2185]

@@MikaelChoiI am Tigrayan and I agree with you. Politics sucks, but Meles own people betrayed him, which is why ppl speak in defense of Meles. The current Tigray war situation is the result of Meles own people betraying his vision.

[@mihretadugnaw2622]

Clever,courageous, and confident man

[@debebebelaye1881]

born to be a leader we need this kind of man in Africa.

[@yaredabraham7735]

He was great leader even in the world!!!!

[@regibenoah6362]

A great man whom we will never meet again, who is an icon forever by the people of pure heart in the country and in Africa as well in the whole world. Late PM Meles rest in heaven.

[@eliyasat6052]

Big respect what you were said about Nile river.

[@dannyaser1620]

Well..he is the one who started it & he is the one who died for it

[@dawittek9543]

Can't you guys see what the prime minister of Ethiopia trying to say and they keep cutting what he is saying in every question to the guy asking questions??

[@floweradds3460]

It true big respect

[@eyobking8673]

The journalist himself is one of the opposition party. Did u guys realized how he asked him? He tried to confused him with many confusing questions.. but Meles was the best and brilliant. He handled it

[@simretgebre9200]

I know the journalist is very arrogant & stupid.

[@wendudebebe9032]

If Egypt did not admit reasonable &equitable water using among nile basin Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in poselitive assumption it will be GERD(gastro esophagus refluxive disease) for Egypt.

[@selam3330]

Yea tough questions, but I like how Melese stayed calm and focused on answering the questions throughout.

[@Imperator04]

@@wendudebebe9032 shut up

[@wendudebebe9032]

@@Imperator04 If Egypt did not admit reasonable &equitable water using among nile basin Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in poselitive assumption it will be GERD(gastro esophagus refluxive disease) for Egypt.

[@___AWFUL___]

The white man was trying so hard to crush Meles but he handled this sooo well!! I’m extremely proud to call him my former leader. RIP Meles you are truly a 1 of a kind leader

[@michaelcorleone1861]

Meles is rotting underground. His an enemy of humanity

[@___AWFUL___]

dagem abebe I do. And I remember when Mengestu did as well.

[@bhailemariyam4625]

MilliTings he is not my former leader for me personally, he is my hero, my mentor, gegna Ethiopian, gegnaaaa. I love you mele!!! For ever .

[@MundM777]

He had no business being a billionaire while his people were starving. Corrupt idiot.

[@MundM777]

@BEZAWIT BEZAWIT he was a billionaire. I know his daughter. They are filthy rich. Stupid tigre. All of you are complicit. I'm glad he is dead and we have a true leader who actually cares about Ethiopia not someone who says cool stuff.

[@Azabethiopia9]

Amazing interview! Confident and smart responses! what a loss!

[@farhanhassan72]

Nothing smart about this midget

[@etsaytekle8081]

This how real leader sounds like. Beautiful mind RIP

[@craigsilver9]

Thoroughly missed. We’ve taken so many steps backwards in just 2 years

[@millionlegese8464]

I LOVED THE DETERMINATION AND CONFIDENCE THIS MAN HAD ON GERD DAM even if he was lying on the rest of the questions that the reporter was asking.

[@ermiasd2695]

The truth is so much more complicated. If you listen to Addis media now, you would think this guy would care about Ethiopia except Tigray. Let alone fight the Egyptian pressure at every corner to deliver on this dam. But of course he also did a lot of damage- humanitarian/ internal strife

[@wildchild2238]

At the cost of innocent lives you’re no different from a serial killer

[@talemm]

What part of his answers do you think was untrue? Meles cornered the interviewer by telling him to his face everything is nothing but allegations without a single tangible evidence. Meles Zenawi is a genius. There will never be a leader like him

[@medborgarplatsen]

@@talemm Only he wanted to settle the issue with Eritrea "peacefully" when the matter was already settled in court peacefully. He only understood the language of force, and conflict is now settled with force, it didn´t have to go that way.

[@talemm]

@@medborgarplatsen according to the international independent investigation report, Shabiya was solely responsible for starting the war. Even so Meles wasn’t in favor of solving the Badme issue by gun instead he wanted to solve it by political means but the parliament voted otherwise.

[@MP-lu8mh]

𝙬𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨 𝙪 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙤.💐💐💐💐

[@workafhuralebu4892]

One and only.

[@user-wj2so6tx2i]

Rest in peace!! Ethiopia has lost you always hurts!

[@RioMonte857]

Melese Zenawi is such an amazingly articulate man ! I have watched many many interviews where the interviewers tried to be aggressive and pushy in their aproach but Meles calmly put them in their place. He never lets especially foreign journalists intimidate him period!

[@burhansamatar7983]

Two years after that interview he died.. life is short and unpredictable..

[@mr.t9096]

He was assassinated probably with the help of dumb Amhara elites. Now this great man who restored Ethiopia’s pride in the international community is gone and Ethiopia is in shambles or on the verge of disintegration.

[@tombreezy308]

Meles Zenawi I love you too Death!!! The journalist was shocked and amazed by Melse's answered, "what you see is what you get" That was so classic!!

[@semenehberehe6395]

Professor when did you return back still I didn't believe you are died. Our country needs a man who defined our sovereign right now.

[@solomonamare6550]

Very special and the brilliant one ever! RIP

[@michaelm3418]

22:59 Omg! 🤣😂 Meles Zenawi: As far as I am concerned what you see is what you get. Not 2 faces just 1 Reporter: what are we seeing right now? Meles: you are seeing the same person This man is a genius and a true responsible leader

[@zedonutube]

He had multiple faces, you just don't see it.

[@selam3330]

He is responsible. The country is going backwards under the current regime. So sad.

[@jordanyordanos1282]

Meles is not responsible for what’s happening RIP Wede Zenawi

[@sakariasheikh9739]

What do you think about him now while assessing what he sow his tribe. What man is not giving them to do dirty job.

[@Asmelash2023]

@Detlaff Eretein but not feudal junta

[@tazabinegn]

Honestly Meles really handled this interview very very well.

[@meker1605]

tazabinegn I agree

[@shikortv2874]

tazabinegn Very well indeed!

[@mikemike2627]

Obviously you don’t speak English. How many Ethiopians died in Somalia? His answer was their families were notified. What a smart answer. 19 newspapers are too much for 8 million people that live in Addis Ababa,what an answer. Idiot !!!

[@mikmackup8000]

he was handling every thing well.

[@Mar-ov3dc]

@Mike mike look look what we got the current PM ,Abiy if you don’t praised & shower him with photo shoot he will never come out of his palace 😞he is embarrassment of the county , went to get Nobel prize he refused to interviewed including kids 😞 he could of use that plate form to talk about Ethiopia,& Africa

[@realchange2212]

መልዬ እዉነተኛ ኢትዮጵያዊ ነዉ ትክክለና ለመሪነት የተፈጠረ ቆፍጣና ምርጥ የአፍሪካ ልጅ

[@mrnobody8578]

His a 🐍 ....a dead one

[@swqits2033]

Yes

[@zedonutube]

You mean hardcore and vicious dictator?

[@jhonsamuel9904]

@@zedonutube - Now you got a real dictator, abi and ism

[@abdirashiidali8692]

Great politicians and a great man If you compare him the current PM Aby. Their differences between them are the length between the Earth and Sky.

[@yussufeyabdii]

Walahi Aby is 100% Better than him, males was dictator, oppressor.

[@awet.524]

totally unfair to compare dog with lion bruv

[@awet.524]

​@@yussufeyabdiithe dog change the state to failed war genocide, you must be crazy Mad dog like him

[@user-qd5kc4qb9l]

Meles the lion I didn’t agree with ur politics but I will always respect you for damming the Nile and saving our water!!

[@endurance3858]

He was a smart man, who sacrificed his private life for the Ethiopian state!

[@cephasboanerge5582]

ONE OF THE GREATEST HUMAN BEINGS TO HAVE EVER WALKED ON EARTH! WHAT A MAN! WHAT A FRIEND! WHAT A BROTHER! WHAT A FATHER! EXTREMELY SAD TO SEE THAT YOU ARE NOT WITH US ANY LONGER! THE LAND HAS BECOME A PLAYGROUND FOR MAD PEOPLE! WE MISS YOU! WE MISS YOU! WE MISS YOU!

[@Ethiopianexposer]

are you mad, what has he done for you. he hasnt done nothing for me. the only thing he did was helped the tigryans get a couple of millions of dollars. not even that much

[@ousmanmirag3412]

You made your point with CAPITAL LETTER. ONE BAD A•• DEAD AGAMEA. God Riddance...

[@ted2097]

The one and only meles zenawi. The best leader by far, not only Ethiopia African had. I’m Amhara witnessing this.

[@zedonutube]

Are you serious? One of the greatest human beings???? You mean "a devil incarnate?"

[@kooliz]

was this president good for his country or not?

[@cephasboanerge5582]

A MAN IMPOSSIBLE TO REPLACE EVEN IN TIME OF ETERNITY!

[@user-qd5kc4qb9l]

Mengistu halimariam a much better Ethiopian nationalist

[@hadjitofik9480]

Very bold interview with sharp answers!!!

[@marthamaronoa9491]

He’s dead and forgotten!

[@kefesonlineteaching5681]

I RESPECT FOR HIS EXCELLENCE EVEN FOR HIS TALK TO GERD

[@meazahaile5690]

Oh boy what a brilliant mind. I regret that I never give you credit on your achievements. I was only focus on things you failed. Having Abiye Ahmed made me realize that we were better of as a nation with your guidance.

[@mdte5421]

Thank you . That’s what I said ! I’m not even tigrayan

[@bisratabreha3376]

Legend

[@samuelgashekabato5425]

To be honest Melese Zenawi was one of the great leaders in Africa

[@gezaeatsbaha4024]

Reading can make human beings blossom and Meles was one of the best readers,probably there are many things the current regime can learn from i.e leaders must be good readers.when you read you may not negotiate with outsiders on the interest of a public and nation!

[@himilotv1258]

Melez was most stupid regime i have ever seen,look what he is telling the people he is alier Ethiopia never held free and fair elections,his spices used to took ballot papers to election centres and they forced every to vote asingel party EPRDF which this dictator made to loot the property of the people. People were dying hunger while he talking prosperity

[@GS-ph6iz]

@@himilotv1258 you are riping now what you saw.

[@samirastrolla469]

May he rest in peace. He was the one and only one. Nothing like him.

[@mega8101]

😳

[@MelosHailu]

World leaders mourn Meles Zenawi 1.Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki called Meles a "pragmatic and visionary" leader who helped stabilise his country and placed it on the path of economic growth, adding that his death is a "devastating loss". 2......."Meles played a key part in brokering peace efforts between newly independent South Sudan and its former civil war foe Sudan, a role praised by South Sudan's Information Minister Barnaba Marial Benjamin.Benjamin said."To South sudan . it is a sad story. 3........he said.Uganda was "shocked and saddened" by the death of Meles, said Asuman Kiyingi, state minister for regional cooperation, adding it was a "big loss for the whole of Africa".""He has been so instrumental in finding solutions to African problems," Kiyingi told AFP, noting Meles' support for African Union forces battling Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab insurgents in Somalia.Ethiopian troops invaded Somalia for a second time last year -- after a US-backed invasion in 2006 -- and Ethiopia is supporting an AU force's fight against the Shaabab. 4.British Prime Minister David Cameron praised Meles "as an inspirational spokesman for Africa on global issues", who had "provided leadership and vision on Somalia and Sudan. 5..South African President Jacob Zuma praised Meles as "a strong leader, not only for his country but on the African continent.""It is an absolute tragedy for Africa 6."The government and the next prime minister should take the opportunity for change represented by the succession of Meles Zenawi to move towards a greater respect for human rights," Claire Beston, Amnesty International's Ethiopia researcher told AFP.

[@imamsemir8099]

meles the best man of africa who changed the name of ethiopia from hungry to economical boom. the golden one

[@talemm]

Meles Zenawi was a pragmatic leader who knew the way forward and believed in a win win and give take diplomatic solution. Meles was a leader who had a clear vision, thus followed that vision, and helped his nation to find a right path. There will never be another leader like him ever again in the ungrateful Ethiopia. Ethiopians, specially the Amharas hated Meles and his exceptional genius mind because he is from Tigray, a land of rich history and ancient civilization. The Amharas envy that so much.

[@Ethiopiannigus]

Nobody envy starving Tigray

[@talemm]

@@Ethiopiannigus nobody except your parasite history. Everyone else celebrates Tigray’s virtuous culture and history

[@craigsilver9]

💯 facts. Meles’s only crime was his native language. People hated him because of his ethnicity and also jealous of his intellect. If he wasn’t a leader he would have been at the top of any profession. He overworked himself and died trying to help ungrateful people

[@ermeyasabebe4062]

This journalist was definitely stand with Egypt

[@bemhretanshiso8682]

Meles ur vision has become true my leader our dam started generating power

[@ellenihagos657]

Combining Intelligence with Work. Our hero RIP

[@nuredin537]

This was a leader! In my view, we missed him!

[@firstbornnet]

Nuredin Adem That guy was the most dictator and Murderer and Evil no one forgot whatever he does 1997 election he killed 293 innocent by one over night. You guys better Kipling quilt please.

[@zedonutube]

Why don't you join him ... there are ways, suicide, etc ...?

[@nuredin537]

@@zedonutube I wish I had brocken the backbone of neftegna system for the second time, like the great leader Meles did for the first time in more than a century, and join him! That's what you call ever shining legacy!!! Anyway, I'm sure this great leader's/ Meles's legacy will hound you for the rest of your life

[@zedonutube]

​ @Nuredin Adem Wow! Your hatred and idiocy are coming through loud and clear. You make Ethiopian problems to be an ethnic one. But Ethiopian problem is a class and elitist related struggle. The solution should have been creating a strong and vibrant democracy that equalizes everyone, no matter which region they come from; and grow each region equitably according to their needs. For this you need an outstanding leader (not an autocratic wimp like meles) to rally political institutions around these ideals. You sound like your stupid brother Shimelis Abdisa when you say you want to break neftegna backbone. There is nothing to break. There are only groups of people who would like to see a united and strong Ethiopia… united we stand, divided we fall. There is no meles legacy, much less a shinning one. Only ethnic wreckage and fragmentation he helped create and left behind. He solved no problems but created many until he was, by divine mandate, finally removed from the planet. Good riddance!

[@nuredin537]

@@zedonutube you sound as if Ethiopian nations and nationalities were in heaven before the great leader Meles Zenawi!!! U better get used to the reality. Ethiopian nations and nationalities will never go away. Second, the past neftegna system will never ever back again: see what is going on is Southern part of Ethiopian, ....florishing... isn't it! Bravo 💪🏽 the suppressed Ethiopian... Sidama💪🏽, walayta💪🏽,... Will continue!!! U can do nothing about it! Those days of your gone for good 😂

[@salmanyare2103]

Gives me an immense happiness and proudness that this leader has studied at Somalia National University when he was a young guy before he started a revolt against the dictator Mingistu. It was time when Somalia was a hub for civilisation and modernness in Africa. Now we are a bunch of idiots being over run by Terrorists and Clanist slogans

[@buckshot226]

@MyNameIsEarl What I know about his war in Somalia was with the Alshabab not with the Somlia goverment. Now you guys don't have a problem in your country anymore since Alshabab got whipped by his force.

[@younge252]

@@buckshot226 alshabab was not wiped by Ethiopia smh yall left muqdisho and alshabab was there we took out alshabab and ogaden did clean up the whole border lines facts

[@buckshot226]

@@younge252 Dude Ougden is Ethiopia. You like it or you hate it. This is the truth right now.

[@younge252]

@@buckshot226 ogadenia is part of somalia and one day will be part of somalia hate it or love it jigjiga still have the somali flag waving so ye

[@buckshot226]

@@younge252 I know they are organilly from somila but they can't go to war without the prime minister order. At that time Meles Zenaway was the P M. You get it? Meles Zinawey is the one let every Province to have their own flag. In 1991 when Meles got to power he asked if there's any other province want to separate but they didn't want. I am assuming because Somalia was not stable at that time.

[@abdifatahamin3220]

Although we have a lot of difference , in terms of religion and ideology. But l truely confirmed that he was a african true leader, honest about to achieve the goals of his country.

[@Nazkm301]

He was evil and so stupid

[@yareddejene462]

He was a killer and oppressor. The devil in flesh. I am Ethiopian and I know that for fact.

[@walkercramer8765]

@@yareddejene462 You're talking about Abiy

[@awet.524]

​@Nazkm301 look ur country right now, genocide famine war is that what you want without his hero man, you're such ugly just hatefull person

[@omarade1087]

Majority of ethiopians feeling nostalgia during meles zenawi era in terms of security unity and economic growth unfortunately he made historical mistake when he deployed ethiopian army to the neighbouring somalia!!!

[@theconfusedoromo5361]

we lost this great man, nowadays we have a five years old leader, i didnt cried when he died as i thought he was dictator, now my eyes are wet.

[@MeronMelese-nk1sg]

this man was tough about Nile !

[@bazzuuraggaasaa7419]

He was hero

[@emmumillion1039]

He was a dictator not a hero.

[@walaloo1845]

@@emmumillion1039 so was gaddafi? And he did good

[@a-b9206]

I'm from somali and Dn't hate him but what he did tigray ppl enjoyed to day? What ever was a Legend

[@tesfuweldemikael2902]

Economically, a great success. They also abolished famine. When it comes to democracy, they failed dismally. But compared to the blunders of Abiy Ahmed, who brought Ethiopia under the sway of the Eritrean dictator, the former regime was a miracle.

[@tesfuweldemikael2902]

@@naizgiyemane8861 Funny boy. I'm not even Tigrayan. But it's nice to see that you're openly threatening annihilation of a whole people. In IL parlance, that's called a genocide.

[@mmekon5209]

@@naizgiyemane8861 endesu eyalk tinoraleh erir dibn bel min yimeslal. Antem ahun ethiopiawi negn tilaleh. Endante aynet zega anfelghm abaye

[@gherieg.1091]

@@naizgiyemane8861 I think we have the next excellent Prime Minister of Ethiopia in you, sir. Your eloquence is exemplary. .... what an idiot‼️ Shim Yemane Barya terkiso allekha ... Issayas ilka tesemey, nissu iyu wurdetka.

[@axumiteempire7017]

@@naizgiyemane8861 you are what your name is .....barya

[@abielyirgaakab9221]

“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” He was a Great leader in the century on the Horn of Africa🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷. But Ethiopians never follow his way!!! They lost z way.....

[@rich-do4wz]

Thank you our brother u r positive thinker

[@zemenawimedia717]

We had no choice but to follow him 😂 But he freaking died dude 😂😂😂

[@binizmelekot2911]

@@zemenawimedia717 we would have never known if we had a better leader than he was because we never had a free election. Simply put, he was a dictator.

[@binizmelekot2911]

@Yohannes Adane Thank you for pointing out my misspelling of the word dictator. That doesn't change the fact that he was a full blown dictator and a midget who put his power above all else. If he wasn't dead, he would have been in power to this day 🙈🤸‍♂️🤸‍♀️

[@erismara9099]

@@binizmelekot2911 I wonder what Africans want, do you guys want to get out of poverty or enjoy an American style democracy. Meles was one of the greatest African industrialist leader to have ever lived. He changed a war and famine torne country to an african superpower. But still Ethiopians fentesise about mengustu hailamariam

[@Abu-Ferd]

Big respect to my former leader Dear Meles Zenawi RIP

[@halemuler7974]

I am Proud Of The Former Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi ❤ The Influential African as well as World- Class Politician❤

[@hermonogbamichael7726]

I am a journalist by profession...I have to admit he can really handle questions from whatever direction it comes (calmly) no matter whether I agree with his contents or not, or whether it all is a political manipulation or not!

[@kiberenigestsebez6633]

yiu are stupid journalist

[@suraphelphilips677]

This is how you talk as a prime minister!!! Good job!! I am proud to say you were my prime minister!!! You will be missed for ever!!

[@abrahamtesfay6760]

This is how you respond to journalists.

[@Yonas_Wedi_Humera_Tigray]

💎Meles 😭😭R.I.P😭😭😢😢💔💔✊🏿✊🏿

[@zedonutube]

You mean, "good riddance?"

[@AaronGirmay]

@O Z Why are you so hurt?

[@menassies3224]

Even if you disagree with the guy you can’t say you are embarrassed at his ability to argue my god abiy could never

[@cephasboanerge5582]

Respect for your insight!

[@proudamhararaya4668]

aron atakilt Yitekelhna ye abate amlak ante agame

[@danielhabte7847]

Mr Meles is the real Doctor

[@axumitereactor2785]

@@proudamhararaya4668 ante geleba zm atlm

[@sihamanwar5779]

@@proudamhararaya4668 ante neftegna tekshahen sebren le esketa nw yaskernew yekrwnem endansbarew

[@yeneworkm5230]

Respect ....Rest in Peace .......I forgive you

[@zedonutube]

You mean "good riddance?"

[@JesusMyhealer]

Not only Meles talked , but he and people of Ethiopia under his leadership did it and showed the world that we can . RIP. The great Nile dam started and being constructed , hope will finished by the people of Ethiopia and the newly ,young brilliant leader , PM Dr. Abiy Ahmed . May GOD bless our people and our land .

[@estifanoselyas7890]

wow what an interview briliant man rip !!

[@helentesfalem6217]

I am so proud that you are Ethiopian 💝💝💝💝

[@zedonutube]

I have news for you he was never Ethiopian at heart ... he wanted to destroy Ethiopia every step of the way

[@walaloo1845]

@@zedonutube then why did he become president why did he try raise the economy stop talking like a nonsense idiot and wake up

[@walaloo1845]

@Abyssinia 024 I’m not Tigray😂😂😂😂

[@walaloo1845]

@Abyssinia 024 long live meles Africans like u who call everyone corrupt should go inside the toilet😂😂😂

[@marthabekele2138]

First time seen thus...He was well spoken and was grown politically to better out smart them!

[@YordanosNahusenay]

Ethiopia wasn't ready for this guy...Huge loss!RIP

[@natiman5850]

Yordanos Hagos I’m glad his gone bzw I cried when he dead

[@menassies3224]

True

[@Ethiopianexposer]

why? do you like the corruption?

[@YordanosNahusenay]

@@EthiopianexposerI don't like the corruption. What I like is his brilliance, his assertiveness, his vision for the country that never appreciated him until he was in the coffin, the way he stands up against foreign manipulation, he is an absolute delight to the intellect unlike the current fake incoherent man child we have in office who makes you cringe every time he opens his mouth. I can go on, let me know if you're still questioning why I think he is a huge loss for Africa let alone Ethiopia.

[@beckyj6977]

@@YordanosNahusenay all u said can be true✔✔ but the cringe part and the way u talked about our PM is definitely wrong. It only shows how U hate him. To us he is not someone who is cringe worthy. His humbleness may have made seem so, but he is not.

[@GeraBizuneh]

Rest in peace !Thanks for your leadership on the Rennaisanc Dam !

[@daviroza4700]

He killed thousands of Ogaden people 😐 why do u have that region of ur gonna kill them 🤔

[@blaisebizimana2062]

I miss your smartness Mr Zenawi. I know the current mess wouldn't happen if you could be still here.

[@Isochest]

I didn't know he was PM for so long. He probably has steered his country long term to prosperity. He is gone but Ethiopia will prosper

[@abduljelilali568]

I wish he lived longer. Way too smarter than most politicians.

[@macaloowify]

This dude was the leader of his party at abt the age of 35. Don't mess with him

[@benchris2994]

I now understand why he passed so young he was the only one EPRDF had and the whole country was on his shoulders. Look how the country turned out after he was gone

[@tazebewmola3395]

መለስ ዜናዊ ዘመን የማይሽረው መሪ born to be a leader

[@semhalhagos6046]

@Dawit Wold ke abey aybeltem

[@danudanu9714]

Profound genius!

[@nationalist2336]

Hero

[@yibelghebre6265]

Mr Meles Zenawi has been highly missed for his love and commitment to excellence in the area of duty he had been assigned to discharge. He is always missed for his extraordinary skill of leadership. You are always in our heart.

[@michaelm3418]

I'm so proud of this man Meles Zenawi 🙏

[@yoseph3625]

Abate ante eko teleyaleh 👍🇪🇹❤

[@sabagirma5810]

We miss you so much, species this time🇪🇹 We love you we remember you generation to generation🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹

[@samuelgidaygoodday2036]

a great mind used for generation of enormous wealth to a few and total disintegration of a nation…ETHIOPIA Prevails, Africa Unite

[@ela45599]

Brilliant mind your a true genius

[@Beezy0308]

Also a Vile person.

[@eho6380]

A very vile person.

[@lilpp4791]

Corrupt and biased

[@bonysalah5161]

We miss you so much meles

[@hawihawi9260]

I always admired his ability to handle foreign journalists and the respect he commands from foreign leaders in Africa and elsewhere.

[@abereta]

1. yes, he has a deceiving and keening talk.. but for us , he was the DEVEL in human flash 2. The good thing is he and his idea/organization(ethnic federalism/TPLF) are dead now.

[@fikirtea.9256]

Thank you PM

[@YemaneAbraha]

The one and the only PM Meles Zenawi. He will be remembered by generations to come.

[@mebrahtutsegaye2006]

We got in to this current situation because you passed away so soon, you are the brightest leader Ethiopia has ever seen. The only regret probably is you make that stupid Hailemariam as your vise the worst leader of all time, some may buy his excuses about woyanes won’t let him do his job as leader, but he could have resigned way earlier. Now we got a talker with no action. RIP my hero MELESE ZENAWI

[@tesfuweldemikael2902]

Now, a war criminal is PM.

[@58yacob]

Hahahaha ...... why he wage war to take Eritrean land . He invaded Somalia . He cheated and won 100% ..

[@58yacob]

@@tesfuweldemikael2902 how ????

[@tesfuweldemikael2902]

@@58yacob If you don't know that former torture chief Abiy is a war criminal in cahoots with Stalin Issayas, then you're not from the Horn.

[@kidistiabita2283]

you are my hero

[@emebetalemayehu2573]

RIP MELESU. You will always be remembered.. Tigray deki adey! Gone too early...

[@user-ju5hz4bj5k]

So true🇪🇷🇪🇹

[@yeneworkm5230]

We know that Egypt is behind all mess in Ethiopia .....leave us alone Egypt !

[@AA-uf3bl]

Replace Egypt with Ethiopia, and Ethiopia with Somalia, and you'll find out that's what we Somalis have been saying for ages!

[@yeneworkm5230]

@@AA-uf3bl Sorry if that is the case ...we want peace with our neighbors ...All east Africa needs to come out of poverty together ....no use of fighting and hating ...

[@AA-uf3bl]

I know ordinary Ethiopians have nothing against Somalia and are wishing peace and prosperity for all Africans, including their neighbours in the Horn of Africa. It's rather Ethiopian egocentric regimes that dictate Ethiopian policy towards its neighbours that we've been having problems with.

[@mrhanad8148]

@@AA-uf3bl no you have wrong informstion

[@sajibdewan7314]

persistent malese zena he was nice vison

[@abelmidfielder158]

you are given by GOD to lead to Ethiopia and Africa, you are the master plan for economy and democracy . we love you Melese RIP.

[@mahdarmahdar4315]

Meles always world hero.

[@zibanhgi8472]

RIP Meles you are missed a lot. I wish you were Eritrean president :(

[@hammasienhgdefnegussemay5066]

Ur a traitor

[@Peaceethiopia]

His mother was Eritrean

[@fatimanour9793]

MELES ZENAWE WOS THE BEST PRIMEMINISTER EVER IN ETHIOPIA

[@Interestingten10]

His confidence and boldness about GERD was amazing. He will be remembered for it.

[@meshope8852]

Dearest Meles Zenawi, Rest in Eternal Peace and Heaven 🌷🌻💐. You were, still are and forever will be our brilliant, heroic, iconic, legend and irreplaceable leader. You are special, one of a kind and once in a century kind of leader. Our deepest love, loyalty, utmost and tremendous respect for you is beyonds any words to express. Thank you for your sacrifice and service sir. 🙏🙏🙏

[@samuelteferi6623]

My hero, my best & greatest Prime minister of All time!!! Your legacy will live on forever!!! The true power of a single individual!!! "Democracy is the expression of a sovereign people. To impose it from outside is inherently undemocratic."-The great PM Meles "we will not respond to any provocation short of all-out invasion. We are already engaged in a much more fruitful war - against poverty." "We believe democracy cannot be imposed from outside in any society. Democracy is the expression of a sovereign people. To impose it from outside is inherently undemocratic. Each sovereign nation has to make its own decisions and have its own criteria as to how they govern themselves." "I believe democratic forms of government are applicable everywhere and are better than the alternatives. And we feel that countries and peoples can share their experiences to help others to democratise. So that is all to the good. "When it becomes a problem is when countries pretend their foreign policy is based on democratisation when this is clearly not the case. For all the challenges in Zimbabwe, for example, it is a bit of a stretch to say it is less democratic than some of the sheikhdoms of the Gulf. But none of the sheikdoms has a problem visiting Europe. Advertisement "If it were to be presumed that how democratic a state is will determine its relations with other democratic states, the presumption would be false. You cannot act on this basis. "Naturally some countries do not even try to democratise and they deserve to be criticised. But those that are trying should be criticised on their own criteria, not that of outsiders. When the criticism becomes judgmental, it begins to affect relations." The great PM Meles

[@Merrwm]

I'm so glad he's long gone so idiots like you can't take quotes from the midget dictator as if he's some intellectual genius. All this is is clever wording/ phrasing to try to justify his dictator ways! Thank God for Dr. Abiy a leader for ALL Ethiopians and not just the 6%!

[@samuelteferi6623]

የህዝብ ስሜት እየተከተለ የሚመራ መሪ፥ 'የሚጠፋበት' ግዜ የሚያመቻች ነዉ። አንድ-መሪ ከህዝቡ አንድ ደረጃ ቀደም ብሎ መምራት 'መቻል' አለበት። ነገሮች ሁሉ በእዉቀትና ከመርህ አኳያ ማየት አለበት። በንግግርና በተራ ስብከት ሰላም የሚመጣ ቢሆን፥ የትም ሀገር ሰላም ሊታጣ አይችልም ነበር። የሰላም መሰረት ልማት ነዉ፥ ዴሞክራሲ ካላሰፈንን ሰላም ሊመጣ አይችልም፥ ሰላም ልማትና ዴሞክራሲ ሶስቱም የማይነጣጠሉ ናቸዉ። And remember you idiot maaarnothoneyxo PM Abiy is EPRDF!!

[@mrnobody8578]

Wa abebe gelawin endaniteraw......