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Corruption
News: Amhara region Supreme Court rules high level corruption suspects should begin to defend case
Mahlet Fasil Addis Abeba, November 01/2019 – Amhara regional state Supreme Court ruled this morning that defendants Bereket Simon and Tadesse Kassa should begin presenting defense statements against prosecutor’s high-level corruption charges. The two former high level government and party owned conglomerate officials respectively, were charged on suspicion of embezzling …
News: Police detain dozens in new corruption crackdown, terrorism allegations
Mahlet Fasil Addis Abeba, April 12/2019 – The federal Attorney General Berhanu Tsegaye told local media today that the police have detained 59 individuals suspected of embezzling millions from three public institutions. He also said individuals suspected of plotting terror attacks were detained in the last two weeks. According to …
News: Despite court authorized bail police continue holding former COO of Ethio Telecom with fresh corruption allegations
Mahlet Fasil Addis Abeba, February 13/2019 – Despite a month-long court authorized bail ordering the release of Esayas Dagnew, former Chief Operation Officer of Ethio Telecom, the police have today presented new corruption allegations at the federal high court and continued holding him in detention. On January 14, judges at …