Ethiopia freezes bank accounts of companies 'financing TPLF'

Abiy Ahmed.

Ethiopia's President Sahle-Work Zewde and Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed during an event to honour the national defence forces in Addis Ababa, on November 17, 2020. The Ethiopian government has frozen bank accounts of businesses linked to leaders of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front. PHOTO | EDUARDO SOTERAS | AFP

The Ethiopian government on Tuesday froze bank accounts of businesses linked to leaders of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front.

The Federal Attorney General issued a statement on Tuesday listing 34 business entities whose bank accounts had been frozen, saying there is evidence that the companies are involved in financing the "Junta” in Tigray and trying to derail country's constitutional order.