Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi offers compromise at Copenhagen conference. He is asking for less money than Africa initially suggested. He is flanked by the Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso., a photo by Pan-African News Wire File Photos on Flickr.
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles has died: state television
1:06am EDT
(Reuters) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has died, Ethiopian state television said on Tuesday.
Meles had not been seen in several weeks. The government said in July that he was taking a break to recover from an unspecified condition.
State television said Deputy Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn will be acting prime minister.
Rumors that Meles is seriously ill have been rife since the former guerrilla leader, in power since ousting Mengistu Haile Mariam's military junta in 1991, failed to attend an African Union summit in Addis Ababa last month.
(Reporting by Yara Bayoumy; Editing by Doina Chiacu)
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