By Aaron Maasho
ADDIS ABABA, April 18 (Reuters) - Ethiopia's Portuguese coach Mariano Barreto will leave his post at the end of this month, a year before his two-year contract ends, the Ethiopian Football Federation said on Saturday.
Barreto, a former Ghana coach and assistant manager of Russian side Dynamo Moscow, signed a two-year deal in 2014 but failed to guide the Horn of Africa country to this year's African Nations Cup.
The 58-year old's contract will be terminated by mutual consent on April 30.
Ethiopia -- nicknamed the "Walyas" after a breed of antelope found in the country -- last qualified to the Nations Cup in 2013, the first time for three decades.