Ethiopia Agrees to Suspend Mining Licence After Protests
Pressured by more than a week of sometimes deadly demonstrations, Ethiopia's mining ministry has agreed to suspend the gold-mining operations of a company accused of releasing dangerous contaminants in the country's south.
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Ethiopia:
Govt Suspend Midroc's Gold Mining Licence
Addis Fortune, 12 May 2018
The recent heated dispute and controversy over the extension of Midroc Gold's concession period to extract gold in Lege Dembi, Guji Zone in the Oromia Regional State for an… Read more »
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Demonstrators have taken to the streets in at least a dozen southern Ethiopian towns this week to protest the federal government's renewal of a license for a mining company that ... Read more »