“Tigrayan commanders, federal officers, foreigners […] they make the chaos and then they profit from the chaos. They all benefit. Except the people of Tigray.” Once a war zone, this region of Ethiopia became a ‘Wild West’ of illegal mining and unsafe labour. Sites licensed by Canadian firms were at the heart of it. The Globe investigates By Claire Wilmot and Ashenafi Endale The Globe and Mail Published November 13, 2025 The Mato Bula gold mine h…
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