AFP – 21 hrs ago
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, a key player in the fight against Islamist extremists, was "critical" in hospital in Brussels Wednesday, diplomatic sources told AFP, though his government denied he was unwell.
The one-time Marxist who toppled the bloody dictatorship of Mengistu Haile Mariam in 1991 was in a life-threatening condition, said a diplomat who asked not to be named.
"He is in a critical state, his life is in danger," said the diplomat.
"He is in a critical state but is alive," said another.
In Addis Ababa, however, government spokesman Bereket Simon denied reports that the 57-year-old premier who has held power in the populous African nation for over two decades was ill. "He is not in a critical state. He is in good condition," the spokesman told AFP.
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