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Mr Zenawi remains wedded to what he calls "revolutionary democracy" , which emphasises collective will over individual ambition.

In any case, Mr Zenawi has signed up for a code of electoral conduct and invited foreign election observers in.

Prime Minister Meles Zenawi made a state visit to China last week to extol investment opportunities.

Ethiopia's prime minister, Meles Zenawi, brazenly says he will continue to jam the signal for as long as it incites what he calls hatred.

Foreign governments, he says, have colluded in eroding civil liberties and democracy by letting their aid be manipulated by Mr Zenawi.

Four months ago the government of Meles Zenawi, who presumably agreed to her release, easily won another flawed general election.

He also worked closely with Prime Minister Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia, who was representing African nations.

The prime minister, Meles Zenawi, has replaced several long-serving ministers with younger men.

Mr Gill generously concludes that Ethiopia has made "modest but real progress" under Mr Zenawi.

Mr Zenawi has already splintered the ineffectual opposition parties with the liberal use of torture and imprisonment.

Mr Zenawi is particularly sensitive about famine talk.

The Ethiopian government denies it, and says that the BBC allegations come from a political opponent of Mr Zenawi.

In Ethiopia those opposed to Meles Zenawi's ruling party won just two of parliament's 547 seats.

Yet many in the West had high hopes for the clever and resourceful Mr Zenawi, who came to power nearly 20 years ago.

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Meles Zenawi came to power in 1991.

HE HAS run Ethiopia as prime minister since 1991, but Meles Zenawi, still only 54, has two faces.

But the Prime Minister Meles Zenawi who's been in office nearly 20 years has rejected the allegations.

Many of Washington's aid people argue that, though Mr Zenawi is no saint, he still offers the best chance of keeping Ethiopia together;