The Prime Minister of Sudan and Egypt have expressed optimism after talks in the Sudanese capital that halted negotiations with Ethiopia over the construction of a controversial giant dam on the Blue Nile would bear fruit. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, built about 15 km (9 miles) from Ethiopia’s border …
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ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia has arrested more than 9,000 people after deadly clashes last month, the State Judicial Commission on Human Rights told Reuters, raising fears that a government seeking reform is returning to the iron fist tactics of previous rule. Aselefech Mulatu, wife of Dejene Tafa, a politician …
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Ethiopia has arrested more than 9,000 people after deadly clashes last month, the state human rights commission told the Reuters agency, raising fears that a government outspoken for reform is returning to the iron fisted tactics of previous administrations. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who came to power in 2018 with …
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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi said talks on the Nile Dam in Ethiopia “would drag on” but expressed hope for a negotiated settlement to the dispute. El-Sisi’s comments, in a speech on Tuesday, came amid intense tensions between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia over the great dam of the Ethiopian Great …
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FILE PHOTO: Water flows through Ethiopia’s Great Renaissance Dam as it undergoes construction work on the Nile River in Guba Woreda, Benishangul Gumuz region, Ethiopia, September 26, 2019. Photo taken on 26 September 2019. REUTERS / Tiksa Negeri / File Photo CAIRO / KHARTUM (Reuters) – Egypt and Sudan criticized …
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