Africa Business Radio

Fana Broadcasting Corporation reports that Ethiopia's education ministry has announced a temporary closure of all secondary schools to allow students to help in harvesting crops for Ethiopians on the war front. Education Minister Berhanu Nega says the schools would be closed for a week. The government says more than 1.2 million students were out of school due to the ongoing conflict in the north. The government announced a six-month state of emergency in November to contain a Tigrayan rebel advancement towards the capital, Addis Ababa.