Addis Ababa — Preparations are finalized to integrate opal and other mineral products into the modern trading platform of the Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (ECX). In an exclusive interview with the ...

The Queensland government has confirmed it will allow opal mining to continue on land surrounded by a new national park. Vergemont Station was purchased by the state in April last year. Miners with ...

The Allan government is being sued for $402 million by the Australian arm of a major Japanese paper manufacturer for allegedly slashing its supply of wood, leaving it with no option but to slash jobs ...

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Metal silos are helping to save grain otherwise lost to rot, rodents and other pests in southern Ethiopia. Farmers can buy the subsidized silos under a UN scheme, which also creates jobs for ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — For a year and a half, phone calls to people trying to survive one of the world’s worst wars didn’t go through. Now, as phone lines start to be restored to parts of Ethiopia’s ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — For a year and a half, ...