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Africa, Ethiopia, Senegal
Macky Sall launches plans for Renaissance dam roadmap

Published on 22.03.2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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With only a few months to go before the dam's third reservoir is filled over the next rainy season, the pressure is weighing on the Senegalese president's shoulders. Sall, who is also the chairman of the Africa Union, knows his input on the decade-old thorny issue will be particularly scrutinised.

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Macky Sall launches plans for Renaissance dam roadmap

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With only a few months to go before the dam's third reservoir is filled over the next rainy season, the pressure is weighing on the Senegalese president's shoulders. Sall, who is also the chairman of the Africa Union, knows his input on the decade-old thorny issue will be particularly scrutinised.

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Africa, Ethiopia, Senegal
Macky Sall launches plans for Renaissance dam roadmap

Ethiopia
Stifled by rising oil prices, Ethiopia's private sector turns to solar

Egypt, Ethiopia
Responsibility for GERD bounced back to Sameh Shoukry

Senegal
Race to be prime minister whets the appetite of Macky Sall's barons

Egypt, UAE
MbZ stealing Sisi's diplomatic thunder over GERD and Hamdok

Egypt, Senegal
Macky Sall expected to meet Sisi in Cairo

Inner Circle | Africa, Senegal
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Egypt
Let down by Tshisekedi, Sisi turns to Sall, the next AU chair, for GERD support