Walta News Agency published on 27 June 2021 an article titled "PM Inaugurates African Leadership Excellence Academy."
The purpose is to train diplomatic, military and business leaders in Ethiopia. Ethiopia funded one-third of the cost and China funded two-thirds. A Chinese company built the Academy.
The Fortune newspaper published on 26 June 2021 an article titled "PM Inaugurates Renamed Leadership Academy."
The article reports that just before the inauguration, the Council of Ministers approved a motion to change the name of the Academy from the Meles Zenawi Leadership Academy to the African Leadership Excellence Academy. It seems that it is no longer politically correct to use the name of the former Tigrayan prime minister in the name of the Academy.
