Two former Ethiopian Government officials namely Bereket Simon, often referred as the right hand of the late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, and Tadesse Kassa, A.K.A. Tinkishu are found guilty of corruption charges.
The Customs Commission of Ethiopia seized worth 40 million birr (about $1.2 million) contraband goods including firearms in six days period before April 27, 2020.
The Government of Ethiopia said it has seized two containers of weapons including over 18,000 Turkish made Pistols, imported illegally via Djibouti Port by arms’ traffickers.
Continued stealing of train cables, has led Addis Ababa City, the capital of Ethiopia, to partially interrupt its transportation service.
At a rally organized in Ambo town in Oromia Region of Ethiopia by the ruling coalition Prosperity Party on Sunday, 29 people were injured by bomb attack.
Unidentified armed gang has opened fire and killed Burayu town Administrator and security head in Oromia Region of Ethiopia, state media reported.
The federal Police of Ethiopia captured 3.9 kilograms of cocaine this week from nationals of Brazil, Bolivia and Ghana at Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Smuggling of donkeys from Ethiopia to Kenya has been increasing over the past six months making busy customs officers and border controllers.
Ethiopian police and customs officers seized a truck carrying cannabis and trying to smuggle it to the neighboring Kenya.
The Ethiopian Parliament on Thursday passes the new proclamation that aims to regulate weapons’ possession and combat illegal trafficking of fire arms within the country.
Unidentified armed group has opened fire on an Ethiopian government official and killed Abdulahi Sojar, Gumz Benishangul Council and chairman of economic affairs standing committee.
Unidentified armed gangs have shot and killed six teenagers in northern part of Ethiopia Amhara region Tsegede area at a place called Adman.
Ethiopian court sent to jail a Nigerian national for entering the country carrying 175 grams of narcotic drug known as, cocaine.
The government of Ethiopia has charged the former Chief executive officer of Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP), Eng. Azeb Asnake for corruption along with Metal Engineering Corporation (METEC) officials.