The BBC posted on 4 November 2026 an article titled "US Contractor Gave Ethiopia Secrets to Help Kill Tigray Fighters" by Wycliffe Muia.
An Ethiopian-born American citizen has pleaded guilty to passing highly classified intelligence to Ethiopia to help target and kill Tigrayan fighters during the 2020-2022 Tigray war. He faces up to 20 years in prison under a plea agreement. He worked as an IT administrator contractor at the State Department, Justice Department, and the National Reconnaissance Office, the agency responsible for US intelligence satellites.
