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The Grand Renaissance Dam makes waves

The start of work to divert the water from the Blue Nile at the end of May, to prepare for the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam was seen as a declaration of war by Egypt, which takes almost [...] (748 words)

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EGYPT
ETHIOPIA
Ahmed Mohamed Mahamoud
Al Azhar University
Al Nour Party
Ayman Magdi
Ayman Nour
Egypt examining all the options
Ethiopia draws closer to Hargeisa
Ghad Al Thawra
Hailemariam Desalegn
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
Ismael Mohamed Shaqale
Liberation Front
Meles Zenawi
Mohamed Hudhun
Mohamed Kamel Amr
Mohamed Morsi
Muslim Brotherhood
Ogaden National
oromo
Reform and Development Party
Silanyo
Somalia, the preferred partner

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Debebe hopes to export electricity to Saudi Arabia

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Tension eases on Renaissance dam project

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Election delay isolates Silanyo a little more

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Egypt wants guarantees on access to Nile waters

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ETHIOPIA Politics 09/05/2014

Three intellectuals rally behind GERD

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Dam still causing diplomatic problems

Despite a series of negotiations by diplomats from both countries, Ethiopia and Egypt still disagree about the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). [...]

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Addis-Abeba

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Ethiopian warmongers rearing their heads

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Armed services are spendthrift

The army and the intelligence services account for the lion's share of the 3.5 billion birrs of unjustified expenditure spotted by the Auditor General, Gemechu Dubisso. [...]

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What Hailemariam asked Hollande

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Alstom in prize deal on Renaissance

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Great dam wreaks havoc

The Ethiopian economic situation is in the worst state it’s been for many years. The raising of funds to build [...]

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Meles casts the tax net wide for his dam

Perhaps Prime Minister Meles Zenawi would like to go down in history as the man who initiated the gigantic mobilisation to finance the Great Renaissance Dam. This ambitious plan to build a hydro-electric dam on the Blue Nile in the [. [...]

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Ethiopia draws closer to Hargeisa
Ghad Al Thawra
Hailemariam Desalegn
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
Ismael Mohamed Shaqale
Liberation Front
Meles Zenawi
Mohamed Hudhun
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Asmara cosies up to Cairo as tensions grow around major dam project

Addis pledges to support investors affected by protests

Sisi's manoeuvres to destabilise Addis

Silanyo persona non grata in London

Debebe hopes to export electricity to Saudi Arabia

Tension eases on Renaissance dam project

Election delay isolates Silanyo a little more

Egypt wants guarantees on access to Nile waters

Three intellectuals rally behind GERD

Dam still causing diplomatic problems

Addis-Abeba

Ethiopian warmongers rearing their heads

Armed services are spendthrift

What Hailemariam asked Hollande

Alstom in prize deal on Renaissance

Great dam wreaks havoc

Who is talking to the Afar rebels?

Meles casts the tax net wide for his dam

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