The Globe and Mail reports in its Thursday, Nov. 13, edition that in Ethiopia's Tigray region there are two gold mines which are licensed to East Africa Metals, a Canadian company. The Globe's Claire Wilmot and Ashenafi Endale write that these sites, known as Mato Bula and Da Tambuk, were both, for years, home to illegal mining operations, according to an investigation by The Globe, in partnership with the Bureau of Investigative Journalism. They were part of a postwar gold rush in Tigray worth billions. The industry has harmed the land, fuelled violence and could lead to the Horn of Africa's next war. Canadian companies hold most foreign mining licences in Tigray, where an emerging resource economy must contend with a thriving illicit one. East Africa Metals has said publicly that it is developing legal industrial mines at Mato Bula and Da Tambuk alongside its business partners. East Africa Metals said it "categorically denies the suggestion it is implicated in activities that violate Canadian, Ethiopian or international law." East Africa Metals says its operations are currently suspended and that its subsidiaries and partners cannot access the sites.