Amidst the recent public protest in several parts of Oromia, a cyber-attack from abroad was directed on the government's central data system, Debretsion Gebremichael Minister of Communication and Information Technology (MoCIT) told MPs while presenting his ministry’s half-year performance to the House of People’s Representatives (HPR) on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Hailemarian Dessalegn, who is also chairman of the incumbent Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), urged scholars not to shy away from politics, emphasizing the essence of plural political views for a diverse society like Ethiopia.
Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn told parliamentarians on Thursday that the recent political unrest and the associated violence that have erupted across parts of the Oromia Regional State and the Kimant Community of the North Gondar Zone, Amhara Regional State occurred due to the lack of rapid response from the government for the question raised by the people.
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, David Cameron, is scheduled to visit Ethiopia at the end of this month, leading a delegation of ministers and top government officials, diplomatic sources told The Reporter.
The outstanding loan that the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) has provided through the purchase of corporate bonds has reached 152.7 billion birr, the National Bank of Ethiopia’s annual report noted.