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Five people killed in Legadembi gold mine protest

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Amid increasing anger, the protests in Shakiso and Adola areas of Oromia region in south-eastern Ethiopia are growing, demanding the cancellation of gold mining license owned by Ethiopian- Saudi billionaire Mohammed al-Amoudi. A general strike and widespread protests paralyzed Shakiso…
Renewed protests in Oromia region around mining project

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Ethiopian-Saudi billionaire Al-Amoudi, currently in detention in the Saudi Arabia anti-corruption purge, has mined Lega Dambi gold mine located in Oromia region’s Guji zone of Shakiso town since 1997, but now there’s an outcry. Al-Amoudi has bought the country’s single…