Two days later, Addisu was forced to confirm the abrupt cessation of the SMS campaign after donors reported trouble with the system. State-owned Ethio Telecom, the sole internet and phone provider in Ethiopia, later admitted ending the SMS fundraising without giving reasons. Abdi Omar is implicated in horrendous human rights violations in the Somali state that he rules with an iron-fist. This raises a lot of pertinent questions for Ethio Telecom: First, How is creating two campaigns a competition? No one from Ethio Telecom objected to Oromia’s request seeking a waiver of the standard 40 percent share the agency typically retains.

Source: Ethiopian News November 22, 2017 15:11 UTC