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August 24, 2012

East Africa's Fragile Status Quo

Alan Philps, The National

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What happens to replace the vacuum left by Mr Meles is now the key question. He was a dominant figure in the crisis-ridden Horn of Africa, and a leader for the whole continent. An austere and unsmiling intellectual, he charmed foreign leaders from Bill Clinton to Tony Blair. Despite his Marxist beliefs, he realised that he had to cleave to the Americans, enjoying a close military and intelligence relationship with Washington.

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TAGGED: Meles Zenawi, Africa, Ethiopia

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