Ethiopia: Meles in Brussels for Brain Tumour
June 10, 2012
According to trusted embassy information, Meles Zenawi suffers from a brain tumor which requires a frequent medical checkup. He visits Brussels at least once every three months for medical reasons.
Moreover, Meles is epileptic since he was a child. His classmates at the then General Wingate High School, witness that Meles suffered from epilepsy as they personally helped him to wake up.
According to Wikileaks from American Embassy some years ago, the US Department of State’s documents (a lot of which are classified, secret or nonfor) contain merciless accounts of Meles Zenawi’s behavior and rule and the deteriorating condition of his health. There are at least 1395 cables originating from Addis Ababa in the release.
Only two months ago Meles’s secret medical visit to Brussels for medical reasons disclosed and the disclosure caused a furor in the embassy ranks that it ended up costing the career of a Pilipino cook working for the mission and the job of an Ethiopian maid working at the ambassador’s residence.
Meles stays at the ambassador’s residence which has recently been rebuilt with state of the art interior designs at a cost of 360,000 Euro.
It has been rumored that Meles would relinquish his grip on power in 2015 election; however his party is already waging a subtle propaganda campaign to build a populist support of some sort to set him up yet for another term at the prime minister ship.
This man is ready to leave his power but one day Ethiopian people will be surprised when they found that Meles is dead. As an oromo we must alwasy ready to take over the palace. I think Wayane is on the way to replace him with another, that is why they are talking about Meles staying on power after 15. It is the propaganda that would buy time for them to replace his with the training wayane. Wake up Oromo.It is time now to unite and act in Massive.
I wish the above comment will mention “We Ethiopians” instead or Oromo. Whoever wrote the above comment is a narrow minded racist not better than Melese. What Ethiopia need is an individual who united the Ethiopian people and work for the nation. Of course you do not represet the whole Oromo, you are one stone headed individual. We have to be one Ethiopia. That is what Ethiopia needs.
Please learn from mistakes. The Wayane played a game on the Oromo people. Still not learning.
U n i t e d Ethiopia period. So let us fight our common enemy together. I am sorry, whoever you are you are not reprenting us, the oromos. You are individual with your own delusion.
Learn, read, elightened, and know politics!!!
Dear Mimi,
You call yourself an Oromo, that is funny. The opinion expressed by Elemo Qilxuu is the view of most Oromos and I hope you realize this by now. However, by saying learn, read, enlightened and know politics you are offending the entire Oromo population. I have a suggestion for you, it’s you who need to be enlightened because what we are asking and demanding is our godly give right, the right to self-determination. I can assure you, it will happen, but what I can not promise you is that how it is going to happen, either peacfully or by force. We, the Oromos prefer the former but when it comes to our right we are ready to pay the ultimate sacrifice.
Good day.
Go Mimi, you are right, it really irritate me when some narrow mindeded people say I am Oromo, I am Amara, I am Jini Kulqual, We are Ethiopians. The Wayane government divided us, told us speak your own language, do not speak Amaharic, Oromo Kilil, Amara Kilil, and yet the Tigray students are learning and speaking Amahric which is official language of the nation. The Oromo kids are not speaking Amaric, so how are they going to work in big cities, go to universities. The make us stupids. Language is a communication after all. Besides, what did the Amhara people did to us. We need to be smart to differnciate between the fuedal and Amahara. During the emperor’s period both the Oromo and Amahara peasants were opperesed. So please read history, learn more, do not be narrow minded, and be blind. We will remain one Ethiopia, create a front to free our country, Ethiopia.
I have never heard of a country called Oromo, or Amahara,…… we are known as Ethiopians.
Ethiopia is not to be divided, will remain one.
We are all one. Stop being foolish, think wisely. I respeact the Amahars, becuase they always think of themselves as Ethiopians, not as Amahars, so let us be like them and think of ourselves us Ethiopians. Stop thinking to be victims, seeking sympathy, think you are Ethiopian, then and only then you will get satisfaction and will have love for your country.
May god help us to free our country, and give us back our peace.
Amen
Hello Biritu,
Another Amhara in disguise. Whoever you are you can keep your Amheric language and Ethiopia to yourself and leave our Oromia alone. As to the Oromo kids, do not worry about them, they are being taken care of, being thought by afaan Oromo.
I look forward to see Ethiopia and Amheric rest in peace in a museum.
Take care.
God bless you,
Hi Mimi and her supporter…
are you really Oromos you guys? anyhow, what ever creature you are,…two unknown elements will never give us a known compound. identity, self awareness and respection is the minimum to start a journy toward unity. whom do you think are Ethiopians? first of all, about what you want to talk? do you know what a unity means? how and when did Ethiopa unite? you like the name or the truth? ….in my next comment I will tell you how you reshape yoursely before reshaping “your lovely Ethiopia”….
I have been thinking for long that we would wake up one morning to hear the news of his death like that of the former Nigerian DICTATOR, General Sani Abacha. Even if our culture is against such a feeling the magnitude and scar we bear and experience tempt us to like it.
Let him go, who cares for the death of this bigot and selfish butcher! Oromos have to be ready to claim our country Oromia at the impending death of the enemy.His death is like the death of a mad dog. He is on power enriching Tigray and himself by sucking the blood of Oromos,Ogadenese,Sidamas, Anyuwaks and others for the last 21 years.
Oromia can not be Ethiopia. We don’t want Ethiopia(Abyssinia); Abyssinia is our historical enemy and there is no unity with an enemy. Amharic has been the enemy of Afan Oromo and it would ever remain so until Oromia is free. Amhara’s culture was granted dominance and Oromo’s culture was endangered to favor Amarization.The mind of Abyssinian politicians would never evolve; they are the same as Derge, Hailessilassei, and Meles. No unity at all even though currently we have common enemy. You go your ways, and we go our ways. Never dream to exploit us again in the name of false unity.
Dear those who speak the truth,
Thank you. I hate to be emotional when I communicate. But the two bitches are not different from their blind colonial ancestors. Of course they are deaf. They just open their foul mouth wide open because their families have been saying one Ethiopia. Why so insisting really let those who want to depart from Ethiopia make their independent nation and see if they survive better. Why so narrow minded? Even did not realized her stupidity when she says stone head. She is really stone headed of the century, sometimes I even doubt these people who speak these are mankind.
I am Amhara, that is all but I talk logic… Let the Oromo, Ogadenese what ever… decide for themselves…
Why we sing Unity, Unity Unity when we cannot unite. We are going back, not different from our fathers, grandfather….
We are wasting a lot of time talking … Why????????????
Who could these three emotional be?? I could not believe that you dare to say “there is no such thing as Ethiopia” how dare you do not reacognize the existance of your country?. Of course I do not want to be considred one of you although I am an Oromo. I love my country, the way you talk you have an identity crisis? and do not have a clue about politics. I promise I would not waste my time with you. Good luck in taking over the palace. I just want to know where your palace is going to situated. The way you guys sound, you are not matured enough to be one of the ruling official. I hope and I am sure there are better inlighted individuals who can think better. You doubted of me being Oromo. Do I have to agree with some unstable delusionals to be considered an Oromo? My tribe is Oromo. My country is Ethiopia yes I am so prooud of it too? Mali Abako Maltateni? Akam Ethiopian enbeknu jetu. Kuni maratima fekate. That is for me I am not going to waste time with you.
This is my last comment. One Ethiopia one nation of many many tribes and cultures. Going backward is not to be united, it is to be divided. Unity is power, it worked for western countries it will work for us. Let us go forward not back word. people wake up. Let us adapt civilization, do not go to stone age.
I am confused of the what has been said from every angle. Who are considered Oromos? does it include the Sidamo, Arsie, Selale, Dembidolo, Welega etc. If so when the Oromos get liberated, if that is what they want, what is going to happen? Where is their government going to be, I mean their capital city? I was always thinking we were to form a democratic central government with representatives of all tribes and let the tribes have their referandom. The way you all guys talk espectially the Oromo suporters, it seems at least to me you want to eliminate the country called Ethiopia. Is that what it is? Please help me understand what it is the Oromo want to do. I do not want to say it but I am lost please help me understand what is it about the Oromo want to do. I also did not know that the Oromo tribes have such hate for the Amarah tribe. Wow! that is really bad. Hate is devilish, God is love. Please do not hate each other, if you want to be free, free from what? let me know, I hate slavery, if you are in slavery and you want to be free, I will support you in every way I can and let me please. But ask yourself questions. Free from who and what? If you have answers I bet I will be with you. But it must be present, we do not leave in past. One can not put a car in a back ward gear and drive forward. When someone mentioned Derg, Hailesellasie, I know that some people are still 40 years behind. Emperor Hailesellasie has gone 42 years ago, Derg has gone 21 years ago. So why get paranoid? I really agree when on of the above writer said delusion. Please rest assure that Haile Sellasie and Derge will never I promise you never come back to Ethiopia. We, the then students of all tribes fought for Meret Larashu. We got it until the present government of Melese Zenawi started selling the land to foreigners displacing the farmers.
By the way I am a believer of one Nation of Ethiopia, Central Democratic Government, freedom of speach, referandom, participation of all tribes in the governing parties and congtrational committee. That is my hopeful thinking. And yours?
Dear Biritu,
I have no doubt you are an Oromo. But I have one question for you,i.e., are you ready to accept Afaan Oromo as the national language of Ethiopia? The Oromo to impose its culture on the Amhara people?
As an Oromo, you seem to defend whatever associated with Ethiopia, but do you really know the history of Ethiopia? How the empire came to existance about 130 years ago? DO you really understand what the Oromo people are asking, the right to self-determination? To give you a hint it is a right bestowed to all human kind by the creator. It is also signed to agree upon by all the member countries of the UN. Do not go far, look around your neighbours, what happened in Sudan in 2011 and in Eriteria in 1993.
Cheers.
Hey, David, keep dreaming. U know what u are filled with hatred and hatred only. One can do nothing with hatred. This is always what you have to think. Think about OLF, they could have been in power by now for their hatred for Amharas got over them and run to revenge leaving the palace for the woyanes. Oh my God, they had more than 30,000 soldiers and did nothing except killing defenceless farmere Amharas. That is classless. Had it not be for the death of their people that is a laughable stuff. They can’t think big. And I bet with myyou can do nothing with this complex u are holding. It is crippling man. Think clear, understand politics, look at the circumstances. Of all the bihers in Ethiopia, it is the Oromos that can leave together if left for self-determination. Sorry, your elites have made you a bitch, and you will always be a bitch.
@mimi & Biritu we fade up of listing advice u & ppl like you try to give us,we don’t need advice from enemies of oromo the contry you are talking about is allways buussy to kill,harrass & destroy our ppl culture,identity,humanity etc.As,a result exploit our resorce since it’s formation.It’s fake unity & country ethier meles die or not what we need is free oromia & native kusitic africa.
Hi Biritu:
If you are an Oromo and if you want to know the rationale, goals, strategies, history of the Oromo political struggle led by the OLF just consult the Website of the main OLF (the one led by Daud Ibsa). The oromo people and its leading political organization have no hate for any people(including those which colonized us). Our only question is to have full control over our land which was forcifully taken from us by Minilik II. Today the oromo people has no land. The TPLF gangs are the ones which have control over Oromo land. They can do anything on it. They can sell it to foreigners or give them as a gift. The OLF wants to break this yoke/slavery/colonialism peacfully if possible and forcifully otherwise. The next step in OLF struggle is to arrange environment for the oromo people to give verdict on what kind of soveigrnity it needs(independence or unity with Ethiopia). Mind you that OLF is only arranging the way for the oromo people to decide its fate and this is legal and morally just. But our enemies want to impose the kind of soveigrnity they choose for us. Even the OLF hasnot tried that. It is the people which has right to decide on its fate.Do U think this struggle is not fair?
Whatever my ethnic background, I prefer the truth. I don’t argue like the illiterate widow justifying that I am an Oromo, Amhra, Gurage… whatever. This is wasting time and baseless. I don’t hate any ethnic group in particular in Ethiopia. However I hate all who are confused and try to confuse other like stupid she dare this Biritu or Debritu whatever… Be oromo Amhara Tigre… but you are a liar for sure but fulling yourself. I too like my country but country doesnot exist without people. U are fooling yourself. u think ur identity cannot be traced? I respect a true speaking Ethiopians. No need of talking OLF, Meles or oromo.. just talk to your stupid mind for a while and then come back… to convince anyone after being honest to yourself. Your mean personality is clear depicted when u said I don’t post anymore comment but immediately revealed that u are lying to ur self as u then posted.I really hate you and ur comments that are full of lie
Hey Salam,
Your seem to be very verbal and disrespectuful Sid Adeg Balege. I do respect the previous people who commented and explaining whatever their belief is. But you forget it your speciality it cursing and pouring your uncontrolable biliga. I really hate to reply to you since you are not my type. Chawa Sew agree on their disagreement. Everyone has the right to express own opinion. Otherwise what is the point of fighting for democracy and freedom of speach. That is exactly what is going on in Ethiopia, people are jailed for expressing their opinions. Please Selam, if you are in the USA, wake up and accept we are in free country to express our ideas and belifs. By the way I am not a widow, I am a married woman with children, a mother until you the Sid Adeg Meren disrespect me which is imaterial to me since I know who I am. I have confidence and pride for I am, ETHIOPIAN National. Still bear in mind, anyone has the right to say there is no such a country Ethiopia, but I say my lovely country is Ethiopia.
Biritu:- Again I could not read through your message but I finished the first statement
Let us forget what is going on between you and me. Just feel what you posted in response to the first person, Elemo and remember this: Don’t do to others what you don’t like to be to be done to you. I do like Ethiopia, I don’t exaggerate things that I don’t feel ashamed for being an Ethiopian. Whether you value truth and respect human beings and your fellow Ethiopians stick to what freedom and equality are and handle them without distorting.
I was not so verbal; but what I posted was the minimum you deserve for scribbling your personal gratification. Do you think that I chose Biritu by chance and condemn you here? It is because what you posted is lie, reflect only your personal selfish ambition. It is because you are rude, very rude, this is true again.Look at your comment and other people’s comment here. Your comment may deserve for your dog in case you had it but even not for other dogs for sure. Or it perfectly deserve you not I am saying to you but because it is yours. You have the right to say there is no Ethiopia…whatever I am not arguing this with you but I am saying don’t speak up with little thinking of what is on the ground.At the same time I care more for my fellow Ethiopians to have freedom, access clean water, use electricity and live peacefully and healthy. I don’t blame anyone for this except the greedy government bodies of the past regimes who are not specifically Amhara, Tigre, Oromo or other nationalities. Of course the eistence of some Ethinic group was fully denied by these people who stood to fight poor Ethiopian in the name of God at religious places, critics in literature and several other tactics of feudalism. What they did remains the true risk for the existence of Ethiopia as one country and to recover from the very poor life Ethiopians are suffering from. Ethiopia will prevail as far as we honestly respect each other not by your assumption or not because someone is day dreaming
Again let me tell you… please before you respond or post take a little time to think, read what is going on recently and what is written in history about Ethiopia(but becareful when selecting the history book of Ethiopia-most which were written distorted-distracting the young generation-you might be a victim of this or if you can access an honest person discuss with fellow Ethiopians around you… I will not pretend but what I post is a truth that considered the ground
I am sorry for your insult of sida deg… I don’t think you are sida adeg but very immature or confused some where in life. I hope your children will learn truth not only to sing one song without knowing the meaning.
I am optimistic to see your better comment which hold Ethiopians together without inclining to your personal dream or dream of someone close to you.
Being in the US, I wish all your attitudes are like you are from the State.
Selam, since we started exchanging comments, your comment today has expressed my idea which I was trying to say to you or others. you said you don’t blame the Tigray, Amaharas, Oromos but the few greedy regime of feudalism government, you said it all. I am also saying the same thing because of the fact that all tribes, Amaharas, Oromos Tigray etc have been victims to the feudalism. I aslo respect your not hating any tribe, me too. Few of the above individuals said they do not like Amahras, they do not like Ethiopia, Ethiopia and Amahras must rest in peace etc. I want to hear
from the other commentaters where the haterate comes from.
Actually in my opinion we are doing what the present regime want us to do to prolong its life. That is to make us fight each other, focus on the past. Doron Siyataliwat bemechagna talwat. The present regime divided the people into Oromo Kilil, Amahara Kilil, Tigray Kilil etc and then moved the peasants from their lands and dismantled villages. Sold their lands to foreigners. Students from every tribe died for Meret Larashu. So in my opinion we should leave our differences come up with solution to get our country back from the invaders. We are fighting over a country which is under colony. Colonized by foreiners who buy our land, the one who are selling, and their supporter and land buyer who is loaded with petro dollar and his puppies and pigs.
Let our voice be heard like Abebe Gelaw and make a difference, speak for our fellow Ethiopians who can not speak for themselves, there is no freedom of speech. Our brothers and sisters are being killed and jailed for no guilt but trying to express their opinions.
Focus on getting back our land, country, freedom then we can negociate our defferences.
Hi Biritu,
I am glad to see your tone is far down.I did not hate your view of Unity but your comment without analyzing the pain other people commenting are bearing. They did not hate the unity from the ground; they have got some good reason and we have to appreciate that. The people who are referring to certain ethinic group have got some truth but we see them here emotinal and overexpressive or over reactive.
I did not say certain group never oppressed certain ethnic group. For sure Amhara and Amharigna has ignored and denied the existence and the humanity of other ethnic group, their cultures and lanuages in Ethiopia including Oromo, Somale, and almost all the nation and nationalities of the South. In fact the current regime is doing far better in terms of equality, creation of understanding between our difference. We have to appreciate this fact.
Of course I don’t know why we are submitting our people to the foriegners. I am really sorry even I have no words to to condemn this enough. Abebe Galaw has done something.But the fact he was shouting for an individual person makes his effort very judgemental. He did not remember the majority. Getting this opportunity he could have done something smarter. He is a very good example for some of us who might find such stages to meet world leaders.
If we have to blame the regime there are people who to be blamed from Tigre, Oromo, Amhara, Sidama, …Meles cannot act alone and there are other officials who meet African or world leaders which means a broader opportunity like Abebe
This will be my last comment here; but my strong message will be let us teach each other than blaming each other, reach for each other including our families at home in all we can, organized in love, respect, value and devotion-then unity will come by itself. Unless Amhara respect Oromo and Afan oromo and Oromo respect Amhara/Amharegna…and other ethinic groups also do this to each other we cannot stand together forever and if this goes on there is no need of being together. There is no further need of evidence other than what is going on back at home for this.
Biritu- Now I bacame a politician in reaction to your comment….
Thank you…
I wish better future, better freedom for our people in whatever way it comes:united the better! But if unity is to serve certain ethinicity, religion or culture, the we have to accept trying for freedom divided…
You, brothers and sisters from Ethiopia you do not know Males. In 1970s I was a student in Mogadishu, Somalia. I have experience something that you Ethiopians do not here. The Males was the refugee in Mogadishu, Somalia. The Governement of Somalia gave him a diplomatic Somali Passport, accommodation of the first-class hotels (Shabelle, Juba and Juba Hotels) in every time he and his company of the Tigry Front. In those years, he was womanizer and heavy drunker. He lavishly spent burdensome amount US Dollars. Then he came to power he becomes the number enemy who destroyed the Somali Country and Somale nation. Overall, we all the are Eastern Africans should be united and fight all evils like this criminal who made his neighboring Somalia and all people this situation over the last decades that he is Shaw. Let him suffer as millions of Somalis have suffered.
@SSyare thank you for your comment, because some seem not to understand the fact that unity is strength. We have to work hard for human diginity, solidarity and respect. That is the only way out of the conundrum the region is in.
Let the Abyssinian hegemony go to hell. The domination of non-Abyssinian communities should come to an end, let the oppressed nations and nationalities unite and get rid of the Abyssinian and those who keep them over us mainly in a life support. Let the western countries who support oppression come to their senses and be enlightened with the injustices they are standing for.
You Abyssinians need to stop deeming, time has come for the Oromos Ogadenians, Sidams, Afars and others to be themselves unite and reclaim their God given human dignity and freedom.