corruption

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…

6 years ago

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…

6 years ago

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…

6 years ago

Ethiopia lost $36B in illicit financial flows

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (December 11, 2018) Ethiopia has lost about $36B in illicit financial flows in the past…

6 years ago

Ethiopia: Businessman charged with illegal contracts with MeTEC

ESAT News (December 10, 2018) A businessman was arraigned before a court in Addis Ababa today accused of signing illegal…

6 years ago

Ethiopia: Police file additional charges against Maj. Gen. Kinfe Dagnew

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (December 4, 2018) Police investigating alleged high profile corruption by the former CEO of the…

6 years ago

Ethiopia: Attorney general sends investigating teams to conflict-ridden areas

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (December 4, 2018) The office of the federal attorney general says it has dispatched teams…

6 years ago

Ethiopia: MeTEC, family of Meles Zenawi implicated in land grab and embezzlement in Somali region

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (November 26, 2018) Officials with the Somali region in Eastern Ethiopia say army generals and…

6 years ago

METEC squanders $36M in failed Afar steam power station

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (November 21, 2018) As corruption by the Metals and Engineering Corporation (METEC) continues to be…

6 years ago

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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