By Engidu Woldie ESAT News (May 9, 2018) Authorities suspended the license for MIDROC Gold, a company locals accused of posing health hazards to residents near its site in Southern Ethiopia. A two week protests against the ten year extension of a mining contract to the company resulted in the death of at least four people in the last two ...

ESAT News (May 8, 2018) As protest against a gold mine in Southern Ethiopia continues, security forces shot and killed two protesters today in Adola town. Three people have been taken to hospital for gunshot wounds, according to a source who spoke on the phone with ESAT from the town. Protests in eight towns near the MIDROC Gold mine in ...

ESAT News (May 2, 2018) People living near a gold mine in Southern Ethiopia have continued protest demonstrations for the third day against the extension of contracts for MIDROC Gold, a company that has been extracting gold for the last two decades. Residents say chemicals released from the gold mine have posed health hazards and are responsible for many ailments ...

ESAT News (May 1, 2018) Residents living near a gold mine in Southern Ethiopia took to the streets for the second day in protest against the extension of a contract for MIDROC mining company for another ten years. The residents say the dangerous chemicals released from the mining project, which has been going on for twenty years, has resulted in ...

ESAT News (April 30, 2018) The renewal of a gold mining project for another ten years has triggered street protests in five towns in Southern Ethiopia. Locals say the project, which has exploited their natural resources for over twenty years has not benefited the poor.   Residents of Shakiso and Fincha towns in Guji zone in Southern Ethiopia have taken ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (January 10, 2018) The Ethiopian born Saudi tycoon, Mohammed Hussein Al-Amoudi and all the remaining detainees that were held at the Ritz-Carlton hotel have been transferred to Al-Ha’ir prison, a maximum security prison south of Riyadh. The Middle East Monitor quoted the Arabic Al-Araby Al-Jadeed news site as saying authorities have transferred the remaining detainees ...

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 ...

ESAT News (November 20, 2017) People in Southern Ethiopia are protesting the regime for keeping them in poverty and political and economic marginalisation. They also reject a billionaire whom they said had extracted gold for over 20 years but did nothing for the community. Residents of the town of Dima followed the footsteps of those in Shakiso and Adola and ...