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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi took a veiled dig at Ethiopia this week, declaring that his country will never give ...
Egypt has toughened its public messaging on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and sought to present a united front with ...
The world’s longest river has become the center of a tense geopolitical struggle in Africa. At the heart of this conflict ...
Egypt says Ethiopia has "summarily rejected" its plan for key aspects of operating a giant dam the East African nation is building on the Nile, while dismissing Ethiopia's own proposal as "unfair ...
He led an Egyptian "public diplomacy" delegation to Ethiopia at the time, asking the government there to delay construction until the tumult in Egypt was over and his country, "got back on its feet." ...
Ethiopia and Egypt say the latest round of yearslong negotiations to find an agreement over a highly contentious hydroelectric dam Ethiopia is building on the Nile river's main tributary have ...
Ethiopia and Egypt have spent years trying to reach an agreement over the dam, which Ethiopia began building in 2011. At one point, tensions ran so high that some feared the dispute would escalate ...
Egypt, Ethiopia Agree to Talks on Giant Nile Dam The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in Guba, Ethiopia. Photographer: Amanuel Sileshi/AFP/Getty Images By Tarek El-Tablawy July 13, 2023 at 7:12 AM PDT ...
If war does come, it could be a one-sided affair. “Egypt’s military spend last year was $11.2bn; Ethiopia’s was a fraction of that, at $350m,” according to The Times.
Ethiopia later banned flights over the dam amid concerns about possible military action by Egypt. Now, with Trump’s new remarks, some Ethiopians are urging Ethiopian Americans to help vote him ...
Egyptian fears are amplified by the repeated insistence of the prime minister of Ethiopia, Abiy Ahmed, that his country will close the dam gates by the end of this month, come what may.
In Ethiopia, on the other hand, the $4-billion dam is being hailed as a national achievement as big as Aswan High Dam in Egypt was in the 1960s. Nour el-Din insists it’s unfair to compare the two.