Prime Minister Meles Zenawi appointed Tsegaye Berhe to be National Security Advisor, Minister without Portfolio.

The appointment is effective as of November 8.2010, according to the news aired in the English version of ETV, the national broadcaster.(Click HERE to watch)

However, the appointment has not been reported, to date, on the news in other languages( atleast not in the Amharic, the Tigrinya and the Oromifa news) broadcasts of ETV. Neither Ethiopian News Agency, nor Walta Information center reported it. It is not even available in the Amharic or English text news of ERTA(Ethiopia Radio and Television Agency) website.

Tsegaye Berhe had been serving as the president of the State of Tigray from 2003 until last September.

The outgoing National Security Advisor, Abaye Tsehaye has been appointed as Director-General of the new Sugar Corporation last week.

Since Oct. 5/2010, PM Meles Zenawi appointed 30 Ministers(including 10 Ministers without Portfolio), 49 State Ministers(including Prof. Tekalegn Mammo Advisor to the Minister of Agriculture with the rank of a State Minister ), 36 Especial envoys, Ambassadors plenipotentiary and Ambassadors, and 1 Commissioner (Sport Commissioner Abagisa).

The public media outlets reported all the previous appointments, as they were immediately notified by a letter from the PM Office.

But not this time.

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