AdvertisementThe Attorney-General’s Office on Friday ordered the arrest of Ethiopian Minister of State for finance on suspicion of corruption, part of an anti-graft drive that the government says has led to dozens of arrests in the last two weeks. Zayed Woldegabriel, Director General of the Ethiopian Roads Authority, was also detained on Friday, the state-run Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC) said. “A warrant was then issued and led to his arrest,” the broadcaster said, citing the Attorney-General’s Office. AdvertisementFriday’s arrest followed the detention of more than 40 officials from the Ministry of Finance and Economic Cooperation, the capital’s housing development agency, the state-run Ethiopian Sugar Corporation, and the Ethiopian Roads Authority. On Friday, it lifted a 10-month state of emergency that was imposed in the wake of the unrest.

Source: Ethiopian News August 04, 2017 15:11 UTC