[Daily Nation (Kenya)] Æthiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi was in a Brussels hospital in a "critical" state Wednesday, several diplomatic sources told AFP, but the Æthiopian government denied he was unwell."He is in a critical state, his life is in danger," said a diplomat who asked not to be named.
In Addis Ababa, however, government front man Bereket Simon denied reports that the 57-year-old premier was ill.
"He is not in a critical state. He is in good condition," the front man told AFP.
In Brussels, the Æthiopian embassy refused comment. It had said earlier this week that reports he was being treated at a hospital were "false and wrong", and were a rumour created by "an interest group which has preoccupied itself in disseminating such untrue stories".
But several diplomats in Brussels said he had been undergoing regular treatment on a private basis at one of the city's major hospitals and had been in hospital for some days.
No information was available on his illness.