Due to COVID-19 reducing smuggling routes in tandem with a new National Bank of Ethiopia policy that purchases gold from miners above the global price, the nation is seeing the dawn of a new era of increased gold exports, reports MAYA MISIKIR, FORTUNE STAFF WRITER.
They say, fortune favours the bold and the brave. But that is not necessarily the case, as Bethlehem Shakuna will be the first to tell you. For the brave and bold miners who are out digging for gold 12 hours a day in the small town of Gogle, Bero Wereda, down south in West Omo Zone, it is a game of pure luck.
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