FILE PHOTO: Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed speaks during a media conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, October 29, 2018. Michel Euler/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo ReutersADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia hit the former head of military-run industrial conglomerate METEC with additional corruption charges on Monday, in a complex case seen as a test of the new prime minister's anti-corruption campaign. The new charges relate to the procurement of ships from state-run Ethiopian Shipping and Logistics Enterprise. He is the most senior official charged as part of a nationwide crackdown on graft in the public sector after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed took office last year. Kinfe already faces four counts of corruption at the Lideta High Court in Addis Ababa related to the procurement of tractors.

Source: Ethiopian News January 14, 2019 16:53 UTC