Demonstrators say pollution caused illness, livestock deaths Government extended mining license for a decade last month (Bloomberg) — Protesters in Ethiopia’s restive Oromia region demanded the government withdraw a gold-mining permit from a company owned by Saudi billionaire Mohammed al-Amoudi because of alleged pollution. Demonstrators have blockaded roads in Shakiso, 358 kilometers (222 miles) south […]
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