2026.2.9 በመሬት ወረራና በከባድ የሙስና ወንጀል የተጠረጠሩ 11 አመራሮችና ባለሙያዎች ላይ ክስ ተመሰረተ
በአዲስ አበባ ከተማ አስተዳደር በመሬት ልማትና አስተዳደር ቢሮ የቀድሞ ምክትል ኃላፊን ጨምሮ 11 አመራሮችና ሰራተኞች በከባድ የሙስና ወንጀል ተጠርጥረው ክስ ተመስርቶባቸዋል።
ተጠርጣሪዎቹ በመንግሥትና በሕዝብ ላይ ከ168 ሚሊዮን ብር በላይ ግምት ያለው ጉዳት አድርሰዋል በሚል ተጠርጥረው በፌደራል ከፍተኛ ፍርድ ቤት ልደታ ምድብ ችሎት ቀርበዋል።
የምርመራ መዝገቡ እንደሚያመለክተው፤ ተጠርጣሪዎቹ በቦሌ ክፍለ ከተማ ወረዳ 13 “አየር መንገድ” አካባቢ የሚገኝንና ለሕዝብ መናፈሻነት የተከለለ ሥፍራ በጥቅም በመመሳጠር ለግል ማህበር አሳልፈው ሰጥተዋል።
በ2016 ዓ.ም በቦሌ ክ/ከተማ ወረዳ 13 ልዩ ቦታው አየር መንገድ አከባቢ የህዝብ እና የመንግሥት ይዞታ የሆነውን በ9ኛው መዋቅራዊ ፕላን በዓድዋ ፓርክነት ተይዞ የነበረውን እና በ10ኛው ደግሞ ለ”ዊንዶው ኦፍ አፍሪካ” ፕሮጀክት በመናፈሻነት የተያዘና በመሬት ባንክ ውስጥ ያለ ይዞታ መሆኑ ተገልጿል።
ነገር ግን ተጠርጣሪዎቹ ያለ ሕጋዊ ምክንያት “ሰነድ አልባ ይዞታ ነው” በሚል 2 ሺህ 905 ካሬ ሜትር ቦታ ለዮርዳኖስ፣ ዘውዲቱ እና ጓደኞቻቸው የሲሚንቶ አከፋፋይ ህብረት ሽርክና ማህበር እንዲተላለፍ ማድረጋቸው ተገልጿል።
በዚህም መንግሥት ማግኘት የነበረበትን 168 ሚሊዮን 724 ሺህ 405 ብር የሊዝ ዋጋ እንዲያጣ በማድረግ ከፍተኛ የሙስና ወንጀል ፈጽመዋል ተብሏል።
በሙስናው ወንጀል የተጠረጠሩት እና በቁጥጥር ስር የዋሉት አመራሮችና ባለሙያዎች ስም ዝርዝር ቀጥሎ ቀርቧል፦
1.አቶ ሞሊቶ አባይነህ ኤርቃሎ፡- የአዲስ አበባ ከተማ አስተዳደር መሬት ልማትና አስተዳዳር ቢሮ የቀድሞ ም/ኃላፊ
2.ኢ/ር ቸርነት አበበ ያደቴ፦ የቦሌ ክ/ከተማ መሬት ልማትና አስተዳደር ጽ/ቤት የቀድሞ ኃላፊ
3.ሰለሞን በላይ መኮንን፡- የአዲስ አበባ ከተማ አስተዳደር መሬት ልማትና አስተዳዳር ቢሮ የቴክኒክ ጉዳይ ወሳኝ ባለሙያ
4.አድማሱ አዳነ ወንድሙ፡- የአዲስ አበባ ከተማ አስተዳደር መሬት ልማትና አስተዳዳር ቢሮ የቅሬታ እና አቤቱታ ባለሙያ
5.ግዛቸው ሙሉጌታ ደሴ፡- የአዲስ አበባ ከተማ አስተዳደር መሬት ልማትና አስተዳዳር ቢሮ ይዞታ ማስተካከል ቡድን መሪ
6.ደረጀ ጎሹ ሀይሌ፡-የቦሌ ክ/ከተማ ወረዳ 13 የቀድሞ ዋና ሥራ አስፈፃሚ
7.አለምፀሃይ ለማ ኪ/ማርያም፡- የቦሌ ክ/ከተማ ወረዳ 13 መሬት ልማትና አስተዳደር የሰነድ አጣሪ ባለሙያ
8.ግርማ ተፈራ አያና፦ የአዲስ አበባ ከተማ አስተዳደር መሬት ልማትና አስተዳዳር ቢሮ ህግ/ቴክኒክ ጉዳይ ክትትል ዳይሬክተር
9.አማኑኤል አለማየሁ ማሞ፡- የቦሌ ክ/ከተማ ወረዳ 13 የቴክኒክ ባለሙያ
10.ቢኒያም ሀይሉ ገብሬ፡- የቦሌ ክ/ከተማ ወረዳ 13 የቴክኒክ ባለሙያ
11.አቢዮት ጁፋሬ ባይሳ፡- በአዲስ አበበ ከተማ አስተዳደር ፍትህ ቢሮ
የወንጀል ጉዳዮች ዳይሬክተር የነበሩ በቁጥጥር ስር ውለው በፍርድ ቤት ቀርበዋል፡፡
ፖሊስ በተጠርጣሪዎቹ ላይ የጀመረውን የምርመራ ሂደት ለማጠናቀቅ ከፍርድ ቤት ተጨማሪ የጊዜ ቀጠሮ ጠይቆ ምርመራውን እያካሄደ እንደሚገኝ የአዲስ አበባ ከተማ ኮሙኒኬሽን ቢሮ መረጃ ያመላክታል።
The Fano Forces in Gojjam, Amhara region of Ethiopia, have reportedly executed three girls on alleged grounds of “spying for the government.”
The bodies of the victims were found on Tuesday outside of Debre Elias town,East Gojjam, “Tija Goter Megenteya” locality, according to a BBC Amharic report which cited both government authorities and Fano officials. It is unknown when exactly they were executed.
The district officials found the bodies, according to the report, after receiving information from residents. It is indicated that the localities where the bodies were found is part of the area under the control of Fano forces. Again, the report did not specify if Fano forces allowed government authorities to collect the bodies if they are in control of the areas where the bodies were found.
The victims were between 17 and 19 years of age. They were reportedly shot in the head.
Demes Alehegne, peace and security office of the district, has confirmed the execution.
Asres Mare Damtie, member of the central command of the Amhara Fano National Force (AFNF), is cited in the BBC Amharic as saying “measure was taken as they were spying for the enemy.”
Authorities in the district say the victims were daily “labourers” in the area and one of them did have a “hearing problem.” Again, the authorities did not specify if the victims are locals to Debre Elias town.
Government officials are cited as making claims that the three girls were raped before they were executed. They bodies were taken to “physicians who took samples[unspecified]” and undertook postmortem care.
Head of the district government communication, Mulat, said the identities of the victims was established using their I.D. cards. They are identified as Muyanesh Teshome (17), Tihtena(Kalkidan) Alehegne (18), and Melkam Tade.
Fano forces in the area allege that the victims received a “mission from the enemy and had been spying for nine months.”
According to the source, Fano alleged that the victims “were roving wherever there is a Fano forces camp [in Gojjam] and sharing information.” Furthermore, Fano in the area is cited as saying they are responsible for loss of life and destruction of property. They are claiming to have established this through “investigation” and the execution is meant to send a message for others.
It also linked them to the loss one of its military unit suffered by sharing information from Denba, Angetam Jantekel and Libanos “kebeles” in the area.
Gojjam is one of the areas of the Amhara region where there has been recurring executions including since the war between Federal government and Fano forces started in August 2023. Human rights organizations have reported extra-judicial executions by government forces several times.
News of Fano forces involvement in executing girls is raising questions. With reports of brutal incidents like this, it remains a question if Fano forces are not risking the massive grassroot support base it purportedly enjoyed over the two and half years in the region.
Ethiopian government has arrested eleven top officials over alleged corruption. The government alleges that they were involved in corruption related fertilizer procurement.
Much of the corruption was in the Agricultural Works Corporation.
Police reported that the suspects were “investigated,” charged and sent them to jail.
They allegedly “violated” representations they were given from regional governments. Board Members Decisions, purchasing guidelines and agreements of the corporation.
The total amount of financial loss linked to the alleged corruption scandal is $40,296,860 or nearly 5.7 billion Ethiopian birr.
The report also indicated that the government initiated an investigation into it, which was completed within a short time, as police indicated.
News release the Federal Police shared on its facebook page listed the names of eleven suspects, as it puts it, and their official roles :
Kigle Woldemariam Woldeselassie, Executive Director of Agricultural Works Corporation
Woldeab Demissie Kibret, Agricultural Input and Supply Sector Deputy Director and Chair of Fertilizer Purchase Committee
Tensay Mecha Woldeselassie, Member of Fertilizer Purchasing Committee and Deputy Executive of Corporate Resource Management
Menbere Hailemariam Negassa, Finance Sector Deputy Executive and Member of the Purchasing Committee
Million Geremew Eshetu, Senior Purchasing Officer, and Secretary and member of Fertilizer purchasing committee
Solomon Gebre Melake, Agricultural Products Productivity Sector Supply Executive and member of purchasing committee
Mengistu Tesfa La’ke, Input Supply Executive, Member of Purchasing Committee and Chair of the Technical Team
Zelalem Dagne Rorrisa, Input Purchasing and Transit Unit Executive
Captain Wondwossen Kassa Assefa, Ethiopian Sea Transit and Logistics Deputy Executive
Tsegaye Berhe, Ethiopian Conformity Assessment Enterprise, Inspection Directorate Director
Alebachew Moltot, Ethiopian Conformity Assessment Enterprise, Djibouti Branch Office Head
It is unclear, at the time of this writing, what they had to say about the allegation or if they are represented by a lawyer.
The story has triggered conversation on social media. Many seem to think that serious corruption prevalent across governmental offices and many more cases would be revealed if investigated.
Police vows it will continue investigation other suspected cases
2025.11.25 Faith Under Fire: How Social Media fuels rising attacks on religions, followers in Ethiopia
Addis Abeba – Ethiopia has a long tradition of religious diversity and enduring social values championed by religious institutions, communities, and their adherents. In recent years, however, the country has increasingly grappled with the rise of ethnic politics and extremist attitudes, which have undermined social cohesion and intensified tensions across multiple regions. Although Ethiopia continues to confront many challenges, a new and deeply concerning pattern is taking shape: the infiltration of extremist sentiments into religious institutions and among their followers.
Incidents targeting religious groups, their leaders, and their followers have become increasingly frequent. A recent example is the killing of more than 25 civilians in the East Arsi Zone of the Oromia region, an incident described by eyewitnesses as a “religion-based attack” carried out by “unidentified gunmen.” According to the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church’s Department of Public Relations, the victims were “church followers.”
2025.11.25 Man convicted in killing of prominent surgeon Dr. Andualem Dagne gets 25-year sentence
Addis Abeba -The Bahir Dar and Surrounding Areas High Court has sentenced Esubalew Nebere, the individual convicted of killing Dr. Andualem Dagne, a physician at Tibebe Ghion Specialized Hospital in Bahir Dar, to 25 years of rigorous imprisonment, state media reported.
The ruling was delivered during a court session on Friday following the “presentation of evidence detailing the circumstances of the homicide”.
Dr. Andualem’s killing on the evening of 1 February 2025 in Bahir Dar city, has caused widespread condemnation and outrage. The perpetrator reportedly lay in wait and shot Dr. Andualem while he was driving his private vehicle.
The court also confirmed that an attempted homicide targeting another medical doctor took place the same evening when a bullet struck the body of the second doctor’s car.
Prosecutors said an “intensified investigative process” was launched immediately after the killing led jointly by teams from the Regional Police Headquarters and the Bahir Dar City Administration. Investigators worked “day and night” to collect evidence and identify the assailant, state media reported.
Based on the findings presented to the court, the defendant, was sentenced to 25 years of rigorous imprisonment, according to the report.
Dr. Andualem, a 37-year-old surgeon and head of the surgical department at Tibebe Ghion Specialized Hospital, was widely regarded as a leading figure in the hospital’s development. He was credited with performing the first surgery at the facility and spearheading improvements in surgical standards.
Dr. Andualem was fatally shot while traveling home from the hospital compound, which also houses the College of Medicine and Health Sciences. Bahir Dar City Police Chief Commander Walelign Bimrew previously said that the attack occurred in the “Koshe” area of Sebatamit neighborhood.
2025.11.20 Ethiopian Football Federation Says It May Suspend The Woman’s League Over Allegations Of Sodomy
Ethiopian Football Federation (EFF) this week threatened to take measures including suspending the Woman’s league following reports of sodomy in the woman’s soccer team.
There was a meeting this week to discuss the issue. Sodomy (same sex sexuality) is a criminal offense in Ethiopia. Over 98 percent of the Ethiopian people practice either Christianity and Islamic faiths. However, the major religions in the country have been struggling with groups from within with an agenda to weaken the institution and religion itself.
Ethiopian government has arrested 112 individuals over alleged illegal forex trade and sabotage against the financial system.
National Information and Security Services (NISS), Financial Security Service, Ethiopian Federal Police and Regional security agencies conducted a joint operation.
Seven of the suspects are foreign nationals including Chinese. The suspects are accused of involvement in illegal transfer of money.
In addition to the arrest, 519 bank accounts are suspended. Details about the banks where the accounts were opened and the amount of money in the accounts is undisclosed.
The government alleges that the suspects were engaged in organized illegal forex trading activity “against macro economic reform.”
Also, the suspects were said to have been involved in illegal money transfer services, money laundering, legalizing illegal money and other illegal activities.
Some of them were said to be managing a “high” amount of capital without having a legally recognized business and offering money transfer services.
They were making a high amount of foreign currency to remain in a foreign country and illegally paying out transfer amounts in Ethiopia – with Ethiopian Birr. The government claims to be losing the revenue from currency exchange during money transfer to Ethiopia.
NISS also alleged that the suspects “were engaged in activity that inflicted serious damage to the country’s economy and supported armed groups in the country.”
They were reportedly using illegal international money transfer services (unspecified), money transfer applications and cryptocurrency applications.
Furthermore, they are said to have sabotaged the import and export trade. Again the manner in which they sabotaged it is unexplained.
There is no indication that suspects are allowed access to lawyers. Also, at the time of this writing there is no information as to what the suspects have to say about the allegation.
On October 21 this year, the National Bank of Ethiopia announced that it is preparing to take legal action against individuals engaged in illegal money transfer services.
Today, it has confirmed that it has started taking measures against individuals involved in illegal forex service, money transfer and export trade.
It did not provide further information other than highlighting that it is partnering with “relevant” government security structures.
While regional security services are involved in the operation, the government is unspecified from which regional government.
2025.8.18 News: Armed attack by ‘unidentified’ assailants near Addis Abeba leaves three bank employees, 11 security forces dead
2025.8.17 Ibsa Gaddaa
Boordiin Daayirektarootaa fi Manajimantiin Baankii Hojii Gamtaa Oromiyaa, ajjeechaa hojjettoota baankichaa, Obbo Kaasahun Inkoosaa, Obbo Gammachuu Xilaahun fi Obbo Masaay Abarraa irratti raawwatameef gadda guddaa itti dhagaahame ibsaa, maatii fi firoottan akkasumas, hojjettoota baankichaa hundumaaf jajjabina hawwu.
የሀዘን መግለጫ
የኦሮሚያ ኅብረት ሥራ ባንክ የዳይሬክተሮች ቦርድ እና ማኔጅመንት፣ በአቶ ካሳሁን ሂንኮሳ፣ ገመቹ ጥላሁን እና አቶ መሳይ አበራ ላይ በተፈጸመው ግዲያ የተሰማቸውን ጥልቅ ሐዘን በመግለጽ፣ ለቤተሰቦቻቸው፣ ወዳጅ ዘመዶቻቸው እና የሥራ ባልደረቦቻቸው መፅናናትን ተመኝቷል፡፡
Addis Abeba – An attack by yet “unidentified” armed individuals in Sululta woreda, North Shewa zone of Oromia region, some 31 kms north of the capital Addis Abeba, on Friday, 16 August, left three employees of the Cooperative Bank of Oromia and 11 security forces dead, according to Tolera Shula, head of the bank’s marketing and public relations department.
Tolera told Addis Standard that the incident occurred around 10:00 a.m. near the town of Chancho, as bank employees were transporting cash by car from the Mulo branch to Addis Abeba. “Four people survived the attack and are currently receiving medical assistance,” he said.
The victims included two drivers and a courier assigned to transport the money.
In a statement of condolence issued on Saturday, the bank’s Board of Directors and management expressed “profound sadness” over the deaths of Kasahun Hinkosa, Gemechu Tilahun, and Mesay Abera, extending their “deepest condolences” to families, friends, and colleagues.
According to Tolera, the bodies of the deceased employees were examined at St. Paul’s Hospital in the capital Addis Abeba before being sent to their respective families in Burayu, Sandafa, both and Gambella.
He added that the perpetrators were “armed groups,” but said a detailed investigation into their identities is underway, and the Cooperative Bank of Oromia is following the matter closely.
The incident is the latest in a string of armed attacks targeting vehicles, including public transports, traveling through various parts of Oromia regional state.
At least seven people were killed last April in an attack on a public vehicle in the Abe Dongoro district of the Horo Guduru Wollega zone, Oromia region. The assault occurred on just a week after a similar attack in the same area left more than 20 people dead and three others abducted.
In July last year, more than 150 university students were kidnapped near Garba Guracha town in the North Showa zone of Oromia regional state. The students were traveling from Debark University, in the Amhara regional state, to Addis Abeba, the capital when they were kidnapped by armed men.
Although, incidents of abduction and killing for ransom are widespread in the region, Tolera said that aside from the loss of life, “the armed individuals did not steal the money that was being transported to Addis Abeba,” leaving the motifs behinds the Friday attacks unclear.
2025.8.18 Ethiopian migrants face kidnappings and death, leaving behind heartbroken families
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — When 19-year-old Nigus Yosef told his parents he was going to leave home in Ethiopia’s Tigray region and try to get to Saudi Arabia, they begged him not to go.
Two of their children had already made the crossing, via the Gulf of Aden and then war-torn Yemen. Yosef’s brother is now in jail in Yemen for entering that country illegally. His sister made it to Saudi Arabia, also illegally, which means it will be difficult for her to leave.
On August 3, 2025, Yosef and five friends from his town of Adi Qeyih boarded a boat bound for Yemen. That night, it capsized. Only 56 people of the nearly 200 people on board survived. Yosef was not one of them.
“His parents are in deep shock and grief,” his uncle, Redae Barhe, said in a telephone interview. “They can’t even voice their sorrow.”
Nigus Yosef is one of 132 missing from the boat that capsized this month; one of countless people from African countries gone missing on a journey in search of a new life.
Journeys fraught with danger
The families they leave behind know that there are high odds of misfortune. Boats are often overcrowded, unable to withstand rough seas. Once on dry land, there are other dangers. Migrants are vulnerable, with few resources or protection, making them easy prey for human traffickers and kidnappers.
Senait Tadesse says that her 27-year-old daughter made it to Yemen, only to be held captive by kidnappers who communicated with Tadesse through Facebook, demanding a US$ 6,000 ransom to release her only child.
Tadesse said in an interview with The Associated Press in the capital, Addis Ababa, that she sold her car and all her jewelry to raise the cash and deposited the money in an Ethiopian bank account.
But the kidnappers demanded more. She sold all her belongings; they still wanted more. Not knowing what else to do, she went to the police, armed with the local bank account number that the kidnappers had been using.
Meanwhile, she was on Facebook, trying to get news of her daughter. Eventually, a post from a survivor confirmed that Tadesse’s daughter had been killed. To date, no arrests have been made.
Driven by desperation
Although Ethiopia has been relatively stable since the war in the country’s Tigray region ended in 2022, youth unemployment is high and there are still pockets of unrest.
“Many young people no longer see a future for themselves within a nation that does not prioritize their needs,” explained Yared Hailemariam, an Ethiopian human rights advocate based in Addis Ababa. “The cause of this migration is lack of economic opportunities and growing conflicts. Young people are faced with a choice of either taking up arms to fight in endless conflicts, or providing for their families.”
The war in Tigray was the reason why Nigus Yosef never finished school. When the conflict started in 2020, he was in 7th Grade, and he dropped out to join the Tigray armed forces. When the ceasefire was signed in 2022, he came back home, but couldn’t find a job. After three years, he was desperate.
Residents in the region say that traffickers seize on that desperation, and that their networks extend even into remote areas and rural villages.
Eden Shumiye was just 13 when she left Adi Qeyih with Yosef and his friends. Her parents say that she was preyed on by people smugglers during the town’s public market day, and that they convinced her to leave with the group. Her parents heard nothing from her until one of the other migrants called them when they reached Wuha Limat, near the Ethiopia-Djibouti border. The news left them sick with worry.
After the boat capsized, a relative of one of the survivors managed to send a voice message to them from Saudi Arabia via the messaging app Imo, confirming that Eden’s dead body had been recovered. Of the six young people who left Adi Qeyih, only two survived.
“Her mother is heartbroken,” Eden’s father, Shumiye Hadush, told The Associated Press. “The pain is truly overwhelming.”
Ethiopia issues a warning
In response to the recent tragedy, the Ethiopian government issued a statement warning citizens “not to take the illegal route,” and to “avoid the services of traffickers at all cost,” while urging people to ”pursue legal avenues for securing opportunities.”
But Girmachew Adugna, a migration scholar specializing in Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa, points out that legal migration channels are slow and time-consuming. “Passports are hard to obtain due to rising costs,” he says. “Young people often have little or no access to legal migration pathways, which leads them to migrate through irregular means.”
More than 1.1 million Ethiopians were classified as migrants who left their home country and were living abroad in 2024, up from about 200,000 recorded in 2010, according to United Nations figures.
In spite of Yemen’s civil war, the number of migrants arriving there has tripled from 27,000 in 2021 to 90,000 last year, the U.N. International Organization for Migration, or IOM, said last month.
To reach Yemen, migrants are taken by smugglers on often dangerous, overcrowded boats across the Red Sea or Gulf of Aden. The IOM said at least 1,860 people have died or disappeared along the route, including 480 who drowned.
“Our youth are dying because of this dangerous migration,” says Eden Shumiye’s father Hadush. “They fall victim to the cruelty of traffickers. When will this tragedy come to an end?”
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