(Aug 21, 2012, IBTimes)--The body of the Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zanawi has left Brussels
where it was due to travel on an Ethiopian Airlines plane to the capital
Addis Ababa.
The silver hearse accompanied by a Police escort left
the Saint-Luc University Hospital in Brussels where sources say he died
of a sudden infection. It is still unclear as the nature of the illness
and treatment. A government spokesman and Meles' right-hand-man Bereket
,said Meles had been ill for a year and was recuperating before being
suddenly rushed to intensive care.
The country has declared a period
of national mourning until Meles' body returns and details of a state
funeral will be announced in due course. The ruling party, Ethiopian
People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, will meet to select a permanent
successor, although a date has not yet been set. Written and presented by Ann Salter.
Source: IBTimes
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