ADDIS ABABA Cheap Yaya Sanogo Jersey , Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- Ethiopia has formed a new taskforce to fight corruption consisting of key government institutionsas the East African nations engages in a massive anti-corruptioncrackdown.
The statement was made to Ethiopia state media on Friday byAkiliu Mulugeta, corruption prevention director at EthiopianFederal Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (FEACC), explainingthat the new task force will have members from FEACC itself,Federal Attorney General, Ethiopian Federal Police Commission Cheap Wojciech Szczesny Jersey ,Addis Ababa Police Commission and Ethiopian Revenue and CustomsAuthority (ERCA).
The announcement coincided with the arrest of dozens of businesspeople, brokers and senior government officials in ananti-corruption crackdown that is the biggest in Ethiopia foryears.
Assets of hundreds of individuals and several businesses havealso been frozen in the anti-corruption crackdown.
Sugar development, road and building construction, housing,financial institutions and officials from Addis Ababa cityadministration in particular have consisted the bulk of thearrested individuals.
Ethiopian government has identified corruption and rent seekingactivities as part of the reason Ethiopia was rocked by sweepingunrest in 2016.
The Ethiopian government has since then promised to crack downon grand scale corruption which has afflicted one of the world'sfastest growing economies. Enditem
CANBERRA Cheap Theo Walcott Jersey , Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has discussed national security and drug problem at a Liberal Party forum in Adelaide on Saturday, declaring that keeping Australians safe was the government's No. 1 priority.
Addressing the Liberal Party's Annual General Meeting at the Adelaide Convention Centre on Saturday, Turnbull said that Australia's intelligence agencies were constantly working to improve the safety of public areas in response to the growing threat of global terrorism.