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People mourn the death of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, outside the national palace in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Aug. 24.
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Government ministers and officials, including acting Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, center front, pay their respects before the coffin of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, at the national palace in Addis Ababa, Aug. 24.
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A military officer grieves as he waits to pay his respects at the coffin of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, at the national palace, Aug. 24.
Rebecca Blackwell / AP
A woman holds a sheet of paper showing images of Meles Zenawi, both as prime minister and as a rebel fighter in his younger years, reading 'Meles, We love you, Courageous Leader,' as she mourns with others outside the national palace in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Aug. 24.
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Ethiopians hold up candles and a poster of their late Prime Minister as they wait to pay their respects at the coffin of the late Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi as it lies in state on Aug. 24 at the National Palace in Addis Ababa.
Thousands gathered outside the entrance to the palace to grieve in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, four days after Prime Minister Meles Zenawi died of an unknown illness. His death, after more than 20 years in office, leaves a power vaacum and is a loss of a trusted ally of the West in the fight against Islamic militants. A government spokesman said that Meles will be buried on Sept. 2.
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Until the burial of Mr. Meles, on Sep't 2, a North Korean style imposed mourning session is imposed by government authorities and district level cadres. People are summoned to make gathering in their respective destricts where they will be filmed and photographed as they weep for whatever reason in their heart including the death of Zenawi. Some believe this is in an attempt to claim that the tyrant is loved by his country men unlike the majority of his own exiled journalists would argue.
Until the burial of Mr. Meles, on Sep't 2, a North Korean style imposed mourning session is imposed by government authorities and district level cadres. People are summoned to make gathering in their respective districts where they will be filmed and photographed as they weep for whatever reason in their heart including the death of Zenawi. Some believe this is in an attempt to claim that the tyrant is loved by his country men unlike the majority of his own exiled journalists would agree.
“If it was not for my refractory conscience,
I would have spanked my chest, I would have shed tears
But for who? For what? How can I cry when the one who killed me dies?”
A famous saying amid the 2005 Zenawi's urban massacre in Addis ababa.