Requiem for a Reprobate: Ethiopian Tyrant Should Not Be Lionized

With the dust beginning to settle on yesterday’s death of Meles Zenawi—ruler of Ethiopia since 1991—Western leaders have been quick to lavish praise on his legacy. A darling of the national security and international development industries, Zenawi was applauded for cooperating with the U.S. government on counter-terrorism and for spurring economic growth in Ethiopia—an impoverished, land-locked AfricanContinue reading “Requiem for a Reprobate: Ethiopian Tyrant Should Not Be Lionized”