?We have solid democratic foundation and there is absolutely no room for coup in Ethiopia,? Mr Bereket said. But the terror plot, the minister said, had been thwarted successfully. He confirmed security forces were hunting down four individuals who ... Sub-Saharan Africa's second most populous country has been eyed by foreign investors in agriculture, horticulture and real estate although it has recently suffered from high inflation and a fall in foreign exchange inflows. ...
Spokesman Bereket Simon told the BBC that the report was aimed at tarnishing the image of the country. Deadly protests. Prime Minister Meles Zenawi was hailed as one of a new generation of democratic African leaders in the 1990s, ...
Mr Bereket Simon, the minister for communication affairs, who was allegedly the target of an assassination plot, denied there was a coup plot, preferring to call it ?the terror plot? by ?disgruntled individuals? instead. ...
