President Obama telephones Acting Prime Minister Haile Mariam (Aug 28, 2012)

Following messages of condolence from US President Barack Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the Permanent Representative of the US to the United Nations, Susan Rice, President Obama also spoke by telephone to Acting Prime Minister Hailemariam on Thursday evening.

African leaders to attend PM Meles Funeral

Addis Ababa August 24/2012 Leaders of various African countries would attend the funeral ceremony of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi scheduled to be on September 2, 2012, ambassadors said.

Acting Prime Minister Hailemariam receives condolence message from South Sudan

(Aug 24, 2012)

Ato Hailemariam Desalegn, Acting Prime Minister of Ethiopia, yesterday received Mr. Nhial Deng Nhial, South Sudan’s Minster of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation who conveyed a message of condolence message from President Saliva Kiir to the government people of Ethiopia.

Obama Speaks With Acting Ethiopian PM

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prime minister Hailemariam Desalegn (2011 photo)

August 24, 2012

U.S. President Barack Obama has urged Ethiopia's acting prime minister to promote "development, democracy, human rights, and regional security."