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Ethiopia’s gold exports get $1.84 billion boost from Tigray

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  • Tigray deposits gold worth $1.84 billion with Ethiopia’s central bank
  • Officials warn illicit mining is fuelling insecurity and depriving the country of foreign currency

 

ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA - Ethiopia’s Tigray region has emerged as the nation’s largest gold producer, supplying 189 quintals of gold valued at more than 250 billion birr ($1.84 billion) to the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE . . .

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