A town hall meeting with Dr. Berhanu Nega, Chairman, Patriotic Ginbot 7 Organized by the Washington DC Chapter to address the current situation in Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa የአርበኞች ግንቦት 7 ለአንድነትና የዴሞክራሲ ንቅናቄ የዋሽግቶን ዲ ሲ አካል የጠራው ስብሰባ ሊቀ መንበር ዶ/ር ብርሃኑ ነጋ የሚገኙበት

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ESAT News (January 28, 2016)

Ethiopia continues to be one of the countries in the world where corruption is still rife, according to Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index 2015.

The index covers perceptions of public sector corruption in 168 countries. Ethiopia ranked 103th, making the country one of the places where corruption is highly prevalent.

Denmark took the top spot for the 2nd year running, with North Korea and Somalia the worst performers, scoring just 8 points each, according to the index

“Top performers share key characteristics: high levels of press freedom; access to budget information so the public knows where money comes from and how it is spent; high levels of integrity among people in power; and judiciaries that don’t differentiate between rich and poor, and that are truly independent from other parts of government,” the report said.

In addition to conflict and war, poor governance, weak public institutions like police and the judiciary, and a lack of independence in the media characterize the lowest ranked countries, it said.

The Corruption Perceptions Index is based on expert opinions of public sector corruption. Countries’ scores can be helped by open government where the public can hold leaders to account, while a poor score is a sign of prevalent bribery, lack of punishment for corruption and public institutions that don’t respond to citizens’ needs.

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ESAT News (January 28, 2016)

Protest continued in the Oromia region of Ethiopia on Thursday despite ruling party officials’ media announcement on Wednesday that the two month protest had been brought under control. There has been heavy security presence both in and outside the capital Addis Ababa, the venue of the African Union leaders summit due to be held on Saturday.

Heavy security and military personnel were deployed in towns surrounding the capital Addis Ababa, the scene of the two month protest by the people against government’s plan to expand the city limits. The government deployed military personnel to Sebeta and Chancho, towns just in the outskirts the capital, for fear of another round of protest by the residents. The government has also banned any public gathering in the capital.

Sources say at several locations in Addis Ababa and at various checkpoints into the capital, cars were stopped and searched by security personnel, while people were asked to show their IDs.

Meanwhile, protesters took to the streets in Guji, North Shewa, East and West Haharghe demanding the perpetrators of the killings and atrocities committed in the last two months to be brought to justice. They also demanded the army deployed in their villages to leave immediately.

Over 150 people were killed and unknown numbers sustained injuries while an estimated 5000 people have been detained by the government. The UN, EU and a number of international organizations condemned the killing of peaceful protesters and demanded perpetrators to face justice.

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