Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (APA) Meles Zenawi’s regime in Ethiopia, which recently dissolved its ministry of Information, on Tuesday established a new Communication Affairs Bureau to take its place.
In December 2008, the Meles regime officially dissolved the Ethiopian Ministry of Information saying that there was no need to continue the work of the ministry. Instead, the government decided to establish a new bureau at a cabinet level.
Accordingly, the [rubber-stamp] Ethiopian parliament on Tuesday endorsed the appointment by Prmie Minister dictator Meles Zenawi of Bereket Simone as minister of the new Communication Affairs Bureau.
Simone, who was a public relations advisor to Prime Minister Meles, also served as minister of the defunct Ethiopian Information Ministry a few years ago.
The new bureau is expected to undertake various communications activities, including the dissemination of government policies and strategies at national level.