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Tony's crony

One of the leading members of Tony Blair’s Commission for Africa is Meles Zenawi, the prime minister of Ethiopia. He has delayed the results of the country’s elections for more than six weeks, amid widespread claims of ballot rigging and in the face of overwhelming support for the opposition party, the Coalition for Unity and Democracy.

Following the elections he banned all public demonstrations and took control of the security forces. Now Ethiopian police have killed 22 protesters on an anti-government demonstration, following the police firing on a peaceful demonstration at Addis Ababa university on 6 June, killing a student and arresting 500 others.