<
http://erigazette.org/?p=4515> TPLF increasingly split in Ethiopia Indian
Ocean Newsletter N° 1347 04/01/2013
Jan 042013
Despite appearances, the
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le%E2%80%99s%20Liberation%20Front> Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF),
formerly the hard core of the
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http://www.africaintelligence.com/search/search.aspx?keywords=EPRDF> EPRDF
(ruling coalition), does not seem to be getting over the death of its leader
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i> Meles Zenawi. The latter’s widow,
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> Azeb Mesfin, is increasingly isolated and abandoned by her former friends.
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ye> Abaye Tsehaye, her late husband’s advisor on security issues who became
the general director of the
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ugar%20Corporation> Ethiopian Sugar Corporation in 2010, talk to her on the
phone. Two other TPLF leaders, the foreign affairs minister
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hanom> Tewodros Adhanom and the Deputy Prime Minister
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Gebremichael> Debretsion Gebremichael, harbour discreet ambitions to become
Prime Minister instead of
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0Desalegn> Hailemariam Desalegn. In the last week of December, the TPLF held
a two-day long executive committee meeting whose discussions were widely
broadcast on television. All except for the first half day, when the debates
on delicate matters were held behind closed doors, such as internal
division, unease in the army, preparation for the TPLF and EPRDF conferences
in February. According to our sources, nothing came out of these discussions
other than setting up a commission to discuss the matters.
Received on Sat Jan 05 2013 - 02:41:34 EST
