(Reuters) – Nearly 40 countries have reported record single-day increases in coronavirus infections in the past week, about double the number it did the week before, according to a Reuters count showing a rebound in the pandemic in every region of the world. FILE PHOTO: A nurse works inside a …
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Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed He has praised the “historic” early filling of the massive dam on the Blue Nile River that has fueled tensions with countries downstream Egypt and Sudan. Addis Ababa had long said that it planned to start filling the dam reservoir this month, in the middle …
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Ethiopia’s prime minister said Tuesday that his country, Egypt and Sudan reached a “great common understanding that paves the way for a decisive agreement” on a major dam project that has generated acute regional tensions and fears of military confrontation. Egypt and Sudan see the dam as a serious threat …
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The African Union (AU) is expected to hold a mini summit to discuss the contentious mega dam that Ethiopia is building on the Blue Nile River, which has triggered a major diplomatic standoff with downstream neighbors Egypt and Sudan. The multimillion-dollar Great Ethiopia Renaissance (GERD) dam has been a source …
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Ethiopia has rejected reports that it is filling a massive reservoir behind a new hydroelectric dam, as the colossal infrastructure project strains ties between three African nations that depend on the Nile River for water. Egypt has previously threatened to go to war over the dam Nearly 10 years of …
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