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Ethiopia suspends MIDROC Gold mining license after weeks of protests
Ethiopia has suspended a mining licence for MIDROC Gold, company owned by Saudi billionaire Mohammed al-Amoudi, after more than a week of sometimes violent protests in a town near the mine.
Demonstrators had blockaded roads in the country’s...
Ethiopia drops terror, other charges against Swedish doctor
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia has dropped terrorism and other charges against a Swedish doctor who had been accused of corruption and orchestrating a prison fire, the state-owned Ethiopian News Agency reported Friday.
The Ethiopian-born...
Protesters Demand Ethiopia Cancel Billionaire's Gold-Mine Permit (Bloomberg)
Demonstrators say pollution caused illness, livestock deaths
Government extended mining license for a decade last month
By Nizar Manek
Protesters in Ethiopia’s restive Oromia region demanded the government withdraw a gold-mining permit...
Groovin’ and Jammin’ With Teddy “Ethiopiawinet” Kassahun in L.A. [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
Who’s is the hardest working man in show business?
Back in my day, it was James Brown. Down in Augusta, GA where I went to college. “In my hometown where I used to stay, The name of the place is Augusta, GA.“ sang it J.B.
We all did the...
The assassination of Gezahegn Gebremeskel: Who killed the Ethiopian activist? (M&G)
Simon Allison
Zagbo Pascal saw it happen. He was on the corner of Kerk and Polly streets in downtown Johannesburg, hanging out with some friends, when a single gunshot rang out. It was 5pm on Saturday, April 21, still broad daylight, and the...