Unconfirmed reports indicate that Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi who has not appeared in public for several weeks is reportedly in Addis Ababa.
Zenawi has been suffering from unspecified illness and is back in town after receiving successful medical treatment in undisclosed hospital in Europe, according to government sources cited by Sudan Tribune.
He has been out of the public view since last June. Government officials, who yet refused to officially disclose details of his illness said he is currently on good shape taking sick-leave on recommendations of his Doctors and will soon be in official duty.
Last week, Zenawi’s close ally, Information Minster, Bereket Simon, told the Australian based Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) radio station that the Ethiopian premier is recovering fast and will be back in office sooner than the Ethiopian New Year of 2005 which will turn-in on the coming September 11.
Following his disappearance, a number of news outlet reported he was suffering of a brain tumor, a claim the Ethiopian government dismissed while few other opposition websites circulated that 57-year-old Zenawi had died.
Zenawi supporters in Addis Ababa expect that the Ethiopian leader will reappear and address the public on the day of the Ethiopian New Year.
According to AU officials, Zenawi has – from his sick bed – been supporting the Africa Union mediating panel during the latest round of Khartoum-Juba negotiating talks that saw a break-through in reaching deal on oil transit fees between the two former rival neighboring countries.
The Ethiopian government and Prime Minister Meles Zenawi in person have been exerting maximum efforts in pushing and encouraging the two parties to narrow their differences and peacefully resolve their dispute.
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