US contractor pleads guilty to sharing secrets with Ethiopia
Former IT administrator Abraham Teklu Lemma pleaded guilty to conspiracy to transmit national defence information; sentencing set for April 2027
An Ethiopian-born American contractor has pleaded guilty to sharing dozens of highly classified documents and photographs with senior Ethiopian officials, including intelligence he hoped would help target and kill Tigray fighters during the country's 2020-2022 civil war, the US Department of Justice has said.