Ethiopian National Intelligence and Security Service (ENISS) has arrested 14 Al Shabaab and Islamic State in Syria (ISS) recruits who were preparing to undertake terror attacks in Ethiopia.
Two former Ethiopian Government officials namely Bereket Simon, often referred as the right hand of the late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, and Tadesse Kassa, A.K.A. Tinkishu are found guilty of corruption charges.
The Government of Ethiopia on Monday announced its plan to release from prison 60 former officials implicated in grand corruption and crimes against humanity, among others.
The ruling coalition in Ethiopia, the Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), which has four member political parties, has agreed to unite and form a new party.
Ethiopian government is conducting investigation of corrupt government officials, who are suspected of being engaged in elicit financial outflows and stashing stolen money of the country in offshore banks and investments.