ADDIS ABABA/RIYADH: Saudi-Ethiopian businessman Mohammed Hussein al-Amoudi, arrested more than 14 months ago in a crackdown on corruption, has been released from detention in Saudi Arabia, two Saudi sources and Ethiopian state television said on Sunday. "He was released today and is heading to Jeddah," one of the sources told Reuters. AdvertisementEthiopian Television cited Arega Yirdaw, chief executive of Al Amoudi's MIDROC Technology Group, as its source. Amoudi, who is in his 70s, invested heavily in construction, agriculture and mining in Ethiopia, where he was born. (Reporting by Aaron Maasho, Stephen Kalin and Marwa Rashad; Writing by George Obulutsa; editing by John Stonestreet/Keith Weir)

Source: Ethiopian News January 27, 2019 15:56 UTC