For example, he allowed a private press to flourish, and in 2000 he became the first Ethiopian leader to hold multi-party parliamentary elections. Moreover, compared to neighboring Eritrea under President Isaias Afewerki or Omar al-Bashir’s Sudan, his regime was by no means the worst offender in the region.
Der große Makel, der seinem Wirken jedoch immer anhaften wird, ist seine Intoleranz gegenüber abweichenden Meinungen.