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Ethiopia
Tigray gold fuels TPLF infighting

Getachew Reda on 7 November 2022 in Nairobi and Debretsion Gebremichael on 8 June 2019 in Mekele. © Daniel Irungu/EPA/MaxPPP//STR/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

Behind the crisis within the Tigray People's Liberation Front, top party officials are at odds over the northern region's mineral resources. Getachew Reda's provisional administration is trying to regulate the sector, which is still dominated by small-scale and even illegal mining. [...]

Published on 27/09/2024 at 05:40 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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