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Sudan’s former president Omar al-Bashir, who was overthrown last year by the military in the face of massive protests against his government, was tried in the capital for his role in a coup that brought him to power more than 30 years ago. years. Al-Bashir who has been imprisoned in …

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 …

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 …

CAIRO (Reuters) – Ethiopia told Sudan that news reports that it had begun to fill the reservoir of Ethiopia’s Great Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile were incorrect, Sudan’s foreign ministry said Thursday in a release. FILE PHOTO: A sample satellite image shows a close-up view of the Ethiopian Renaissance …

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 …