Sudan will deploy security forces in conflict-hit Darfur to “protect citizens and the farming season” after a series of attacks, the prime minister has said. Abdalla Hamdok’s announcement Sunday came two days after gunmen in the region killed at least 20 civilians, including children, when they returned to their fields …
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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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(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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