But MK Avraham Neguise of the Likud, chairman of the Knesset Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs Committee and the only current lawmaker of Ethiopian descent, says the government has made strides that the numbers don’t reflect. They bought 150 body cameras, sent officers abroad to learn how to use them, and carried out the pilot in five cities... The IDF closed its special programs for soldiers of Ethiopian descent, which had led to their segregation.Neguise pointed out that all the relevant ministries have dedicated funding for fighting racism, including the Education Ministry, which received NIS 162 million, much of which is going to training and hiring teachers of Ethiopian descent. “We haven’t measured yet, so I don’t have numbers. But what was reported to us is that government ministries have started working.”

Source: Ethiopian News August 17, 2017 19:30 UTC