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Ethiopia's Attorney General Alleges Vast Corruption at Military-run Metec

by Reuters

   NAIROBI --

   Ethiopia's attorney general said on Monday that a five-month long
   investigation into procurement processes at the huge military-run
   conglomerate METEC has
   revealed vast corruption.
   "For six years METEC made international procurements totaling $2
   billion without any bidding processes," Berhanu Tsegaye told a news
   conference after announcing the arrest of several dozen security
   officials.
   In August the government ousted METEC from a $4 billion dam project on
   the River Nile due to numerous delays in completing the project.