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Ethiopia: 59 heads of govt agencies, investors arrested on suspicion of corruption

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (April 12, 2019) Fifty-nine directors of government enterprises and investors were arrested on suspicion of…

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BREAKING: Ethiopia arrests terror suspects with links to al-Shabaab

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (April 12, 2019) An Ethiopian official said the country’s intelligence and security agents have arrested…

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Ethiopia: Bereket Simon, Tadesse Kassa to be brought before court in Amhara region

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (January 23, 2019) The anti-corruption commission for the Amhara region says Bereket Simon, the former…

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Ethiopia: Police commander tuck away 498 pistols at his residence

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (January 1, 2019) A police commander in the city of Bahir Dar has been caught…

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Ethiopia: 79 arrested on suspicion of corruption

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (December 25, 2018) The anti-corruption commission for the Oromo regional administration says 79 officials have…

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BREAKING: Police put freeze on land, property of Getachew Assefa, Maj. Gen. Kinfe Dagnew and 400 other corruption suspects

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (November 20, 2018) The crime investigation bureau of the federal police commission sent a letter…

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Ethiopia: Police charge ex-deputy intel chief with corruption, torture

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (November 16, 2018) A former deputy head of the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA)…

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Ethiopia: Dramatic arrest of lead corruption suspect as he tries to flee country

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (November 13, 2018) A retired army Major General who led the country’s military engineering and…

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Ethiopia: Over 40 officials of corruption riddled METEC, members of intelligence under arrest

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (November 10, 2018) The Reporter Newspaper published in Addis Ababa broke the news this morning…

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Amnesty calls for release of rights defender and lawyer

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (October 19, 2018) Amnesty International called for the immediate and unconditional release of a lawyer…

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