Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed File picture: Kumera Gemechu/ReutersAddis Ababa - Ethiopia said on Thursday it had arrested the former deputy intelligence chief after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's administration launched a crackdown this week on senior security officials suspected of human rights abuses and corruption. Also on Thursday, state-affiliated television Fana Broadcasting said police had arrested the head of the security division at state-owned Ethio Telecom network. Since Monday more than 60 officials, some from the intelligence services and some from the military-run industrial conglomerate METEC, have been arrested. Fana Broadcasting said Gudeta Olana, head of security at Ethio Telecom, had also been apprehended by police. Kinfe Dagnew, a brigadier general in Ethiopia's army and former chief executive of METEC, was arrested on Tuesday close to the border with Sudan and Eritrea.

Source: Ethiopian News November 15, 2018 08:37 UTC