Libya has condemned the Egyptian president for recent comments suggesting that Cairo “will not remain inactive” against threats to national security and it could arm Libyan tribes against the internationally recognized government. During a meeting in Cairo with tribal leaders from the eastern city of Benghazi on Thursday, President Abdel …
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ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – The reservoir behind Ethiopia’s Great Renaissance Dam is filling up, its water minister said on Wednesday, a day after talks with Sudan and Egypt over the giant Blue Nile hydroelectric project . A satellite image of the brochure shows a close-up view of the Ethiopian Great …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia plans to produce 30 million doses of an experimental COVID-19 vaccine domestically this year, with the potential to manufacture another 170 million abroad, the head of the country’s sovereign wealth fund told Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Kirill Dmitriev, director of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), attends …
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The Egyptian Foreign Ministry has demanded an “urgent clarification” of Ethiopia after conflicting reports on whether it had begun to fill the reservoir of its giant dam on the Blue Nile River. Ethiopian state television reported that the filling of the Ethiopian Great Renaissance Dam (GERD) began on Wednesday, a …
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(Reuters) – At least seven ships caught fire in Iran’s Bushehr port, the Tasnim news agency reported on Wednesday, in what appears to be the latest in a series of fires and explosions across the country, some of which have affected sensitive sites. No victims have been reported, the agency …
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