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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...