ESAT News (December 11, 2017) People living near the MIDROC gold mine in southern Ethiopia are facing birth defects, blindness and various ailments, according to an investigative report by the BBC Amharic. The investigative report that included interviews with residents affected by the chemical hazards released from the gold mine also revealed that livestock drinking from downstream rivers are dying ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (November 17, 2017) Residents of towns near a gold mine in Shakiso, Southern Ethiopia, took to the streets in tens of thousands opposing the extension of a contract to a billionaire digging gold on their turf. One of the organizers of the demonstration who spoke to ESAT said the locals object the 10 year extension ...

ESAT News (November 9, 2017) Saudi Arabia’s attorney general says at least $100bn has been embezzled through systemic corruption and embezzlement in recent decades. The BBC report quoted Sheikh Saud al-Mojeb, the attorney general as saying that 199 people were being held for questioning as part of a sweeping anti-corruption drive that began on Saturday night. The attorney general did ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (November 8, 2017) Overseas businesses owned by Mohammed Hussien al Amoudi, the Ethiopian born Saudi billionaire, who is among businessmen and princes arrested under Saudi’s anti- corruption measures, would not be affected by the crackdown that also aimed at freezing the assets of suspects, according to a spokesperson for the sheikh. But his asset in ...

ESAT News (November 6, 2017) Saudi Arabia says accounts of princes and businessmen, who are arrested on suspicion of corruption will be frozen. The announcement by the Kingdom also says money derived from corruption will be reimbursed to the Saudi state’s General Treasury. The report by Al Arabiya, which broke the news of the arrest on Sunday also said there ...