Ethiopian national Abraham Lemma admits spying for his government, sharing US secrets

Listen to articleMuch of the information concerned an armed conflict in Ethiopia, with prosecutors alleging that Lemma shared intelligence that Ethiopian officials could use in military operations against paramilitary groups fighting the government.An Ethiopian national has pleaded guilty to conspiring to transmit highly classified US national defence information to the Ethiopian government, in a case involving the alleged disclosure of sensitive intelligence on an armed conflict in Ethiopia.