Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has finally spoken on ongoing anti-corruption and rights abuse clampdown stating that there was not going to be any backing down let alone retreat. State-affiliated FBC reported that the statement titled, ‘Let’s Fight (the) Cancer,’ said the government was bent on bringing people behind injustices to book. The statement said the underlying objective of recent arrests was to rid Ethiopia of criminals. “… criminals do not care about ethnicity, country, or morality; they only care for themselves. Head of security at the state monopoly, Ethio Telecom, Gudeta Olana, has also been arrested as has head of the entity and brother of ex-MetEC boss, Essayas Dagnew.

Source: Ethiopian News November 16, 2018 10:52 UTC