The Indian Ocean:  The old guard is still at the helm.  Only a very tiny number of the leaders of the parties making the governing coalition were changed during the recent party conventions. ... The TPLF is a family affair.  The wife of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi this week made her entry onto the executive committee of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). … In the end, the new composition of the TPLF executive body becomes a structure that is completely under the control of Meles Zenawi.  And none of its members will be able to stand up to him if the need to do so arises.  Read More…