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When he died in a Belgian hospital on Monday at 57, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi left behind a country indelibly shaped by his life and career. The next few weeks of assessments and obituaries will determine how the past few years will be leveraged against the preceding 30...
Chris Fomunyoh of the National Democratic Institute in Washington is not so sure. "Meles was very effective at curbing extremism in the Horn, curbing extremist forces like al-Shabab and others. Infrastructure was being developed. Gains were made to rebuild the country. So the West was probably giving him a pass when it came to democracy strengthening. It was a pity he didn't combine both attributes."
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