(BBC) — Ethiopia’s government The Woyanne junta in Ethiopia has denied Prime Minister dictator 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 Woyanne embassy spokesperson in London said the prime minister khat-addicted dictator 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 dictator 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 stolen several elections since then, but his political opponents have accused him of using repression to retain power.
22 thoughts on “Ethiopian dictator’s life in danger – BBC”
what we learn from here is life is short.we do not live million years. we need to do good things in our life time to people as much as we can. we need to be a good module for love and peace as a leader.we don’t know our future what will happen tomorrow.
Rubbish !!!!! “Yemender Yebunna worre arekew”
Learn your lesson!!
BBC is a propaganda machine for British Empire. ” He won several elections…”. Didn’t BBC know that Melese reverse 2005 election by brute force? It dilutes the truth by down grading as he says , she says story.
Thanks god!!! Afterall he got what he deserve ,i remember he was dancing with his daughter in sheraton, when ethiopian children slaught by his blood trusty army. You know what who is gone protect you now we humans we can’t learn from the truth. We ethiopians elected you to served us but you sat on our head to judge,a cruel judgement, but all that boosting ,unnessary words and every unrespectable things judges you back ,can i say am happy? No ,am i sorry ? No but that discusting mouth and brain is close,stop now time to ask for giveness. We are so kind we will for give you. I know that is embarrassing for you.isn’t it
I hope he doesn’t die in the hands of his masters in Europe, rather in the dungeons he built for the innocent Ethiopians
I dared you last time to a bet but none of have the guts to come forward and have a wager with me. Ok I will up the ante this time. My wager is that Our Most Benevolent Prime Minister will beat the cold he is battling now and will come back stronger as our famed black lion. Anyone of you want to bet? Anyone? If I lose and you have no criminal record or intent, I will let you drive my Mercedes S600 for a day. And if you lose you will do every thing I tell you about our Most Benevolent Prime Minister and the government he leads thenceforward. Anyone?
Forget about all these so-called ‘political prisoners’. They will serve their prison terms to the date and if they don’t behave while in prison, they may not see daylight in their lives. In stead of harping at a dead issue, you should get together and send ኣማላጅ ሽማግሌዎች to the Our Benevolent Prime Minister office and ask for forgiveness on behalf of these prisoners who committed egregious crimes against the people of Tigray and your Ethiopia. If Our Revered Prime Minister is not in office they can talk to his Most Deified Wife The Honorable Lady Azeb. Otherwise shut up and keep gulping your Big Macs, you ዘምቢል ሆድ ሁላ!!!!
Lily replies:
July 19th, 2012 at 9:51 AM
Tekle or woyanne toy
your benevolent chimp is done and you will never touch Ethiopian soil ,those gallant Ethiopian prisnors for their love to their mother land who are paying a sacrifies will shine up like sun and moon and stars together your life of dark starts no matter the looted money wont save you from metal sufferance and you might end up in more worst way than your killer monster.
The loyal dog for the WEST is vanishing !
We, in the opposition camp are busy talking about mele’s legacy(crime) and fanning his death or illness,on the other hand the remnants of TPLF and the CIA are busy working on how to stifle opposition in the aftermath(if he dies or is dead)and put an other cartoon in arat kilo palace in Addis Ababa
the best thing the oppositoin can do right now is, instead, be a little bit ahead and focus on
uniting the people of Ethiopia, both in side and outside the country(muslim, christian,amhara,gurage,oromo…..,oppositions,etc)
In my view Meles death is not a solution by itself to claim back Ethiopia from inside and outside colonizers.
Forget about meles now!, meles is not what most people think he is, he is just a simple Cartoon,if he is gone another Cartoon is on his way to Arat kilo(“a polished,smart,Genius diplomat”-at least that is what we will be soon told and we start to believe so,right?)
”meles has won several elections” , what a shame! this is the sort of reporting only enemies of the Ethiopian people are engaged in. Tyranny is appeased to encourage more tyranny, to keep Africa and Ethiopia in perpetual bondage.
The situation tells us how weak is the opposition to take advantage of the opportunity. what ever happens do not hope on the opposition because there is no opposition but big-mouthed chickens and wishful singers. on the other hand notice that woyane as a party and government is solidly intact with all political clout and military power.therefore contunity will prevail over disorganized opposition and wishful thinking.
Mamo kilo replies:
July 19th, 2012 at 9:43 AM
A typical woyanne analysis and you will sleep good ,woyanne is only good for dedebit not more not less.
We, in the opposition camp are busy talking about mele’s legacy(crime) and fanning his death or illness,on the other hand the remnants of TPLF and the foreign agents are busy working on how to stifle opposition in the aftermath(if he dies or is dead)and put an other cartoon in arat kilo palace in Addis Ababa
the best thing the oppositoin can do right now is, instead, be a little bit ahead and focus on
uniting the people of Ethiopia, both in side and outside the country(muslim, christian,amhara,gurage,oromo…..,oppositions,etc)
In my view Meles death is not a solution by itself to claim back Ethiopia from inside and outside colonizers.
Forget about meles now!, meles is not what most people think he is, he is just a simple Cartoon,if he is gone another Cartoon is on his way to Arat kilo(“a polished,smart,Genius diplomat”-at least that is what we will be soon told and we start to believe so,right?)
Abebe Gellaw made his ulcer bleed non stop. Sources in Addis are saying that he had a massive stomach bleeding which amounts to be in excess of two litres and he was in shock when he was transported to Belgium . The bleeding has stopped and he is in a stable condition.
This kind of codition usually happen from ulcer which inturn are caused by excessive ulcer and/or anger. Abebe Gellaw’s confrontation is belived to be the cause of his anger.
Meles must go !!!! And not just from power, he must get the hell out of this planet. He is and he looks like an alien any way.
It should be a lesson to his famous wife. she will be right around the corner. u need to repent ask the Ethiopian peopel for forgiveness before your time comes which is gone be very, very soon. It is also your time to think how much powerless you are. I feel sorry for all of you. Your time has come. You can not play with this power. Your time is up. are you going to take all the money, gold,wealth you stole with you? I do not think so. when you and your family eat and drink, the ehtiopian children were dying of hunger and thrist. It is a shame you were not able to recognize all that. opportunity was given, the time has come to be taken away from you in the blink of an eye.
Hooray, Halleluiah, thanks to God almighty watching the evils of Mr Zenawi, the cries of Ethiopian mothers is being aswered, whether he dies or not. The morale of the story being if you have unleashed misery to your people you will face God’s verdict, however fortified your palace appears to be.
We happy to hear butcher Meles struggle to die!! after all his crime he killed our nation! Its good to seehis last breath!!!
i didn’t know melez was hated by his people this much. or he committed crime in ethiopia. good to know about him and good lucky you guys.
they been abousing the people, destroying Gedam and churches.
yale tarik liyasqerun sitagelu kegziaber gara metagelachewn liyasayachew yamelkubeten meri chenket laye hono asayachew. seletan ena beru nefese ayketele. tiru meri bihon noro tiru yaye neber.
Egezihaber edeme leneseha yesetane. “amommten asamerew” yetebalew yalemekenyat ayedelem. hulum baleseleten wdemelekam lememeles yeqrebleten teri mesematena mfatseme yetabeqbetal. aleya gene wetaytu ykfa yehonale. Bamesayawe yefaterewen feteret siyangelatubet amelka yazenale ena. we shoul unit and work together to support our people and country.
Tekle, let me guess!!! weyanne bought you the “car” so that you can do the dirty work for them.
you see while melse in ceritical condtion the money he accomulate and the power he had couldn’t buy him health. thinking about his family do you think they will have better life in the future even if they leave the country? NO. because, yedeha hazene ena enba Le Egziahber qerbole ena endetaqebezabezu yenoralu. yemiyasazenew yemesgine ethiopia hezebe birr mezerfu new.
ye ethiopia hezebe tesfa ayeqortem nege yateshale neger kfitu alena. semeh tiru new tegbareh endeseneh bihon melkam new.
ye ethiopia hezebena tarik yetaykachuhale. ” ferankame yalekena solatom yeheydena yasetezazebenale yehye ken yelefena” teblole be taleyan gizye.. derom Banda new ye ethiopia telate.
thik as human. divide and rule is not our history. we should work together for better Ethiopia.
Tekle, let me guess!!! weyanne bought you the “car” so that you can do the dirty work for them.
you see while melse in ceritical condtion the money he accomulate and the power he had couldn’t buy him health. thinking about his family do you think they will have better life in the future even if they leave the country? NO. because, yedeha hazene ena enba Le Egziahber qerbole ena endetaqebezabezu yenoralu. yemiyasazenew yemesgine ethiopia hezebe birr mezerfu new.
ye ethiopia hezebe tesfa ayeqortem nege yateshale neger kfitu alena. semeh tiru new tegbareh endeseneh bihon melkam new.
ye ethiopia hezebena tarik yetaykachuhale. ” ferankame yalekena solatom yeheydena yasetezazebenale yehye ken yelefena” teblole be taleyan gizye.. derom Banda new ye ethiopia telate.
thik as human. divide and rule is not our history. we should work together for better Ethiopia.