Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia facing negotiation difficulties, says irrigation minister advisor Egypt rejected the current the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam’s (GERD) high storage capacity, as studies showed it will affect its national water security, reported state-owned Middle East News Agency (MENA) Sunday. The dam’s storage capacity reaches 74bn cubic meters. Calling such capacity “unjustified and
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By GRAHAM PEEBLES Ethiopia is being hailed as a shining example of African economic growth. Principle donors and devotees of the International Monetary Fund/World Bank development model (an imposed ideological vision which measures all things in terms of a nations GDP) see the country as an island of potential prosperity and stability within a region
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Several top officials of the al-Qaeda-linked group have either defected or have been killed in recent months Somalia’s militant Islamist group al-Shabab has killed by firing squad four men accused of spying for the CIA and other intelligence agencies. The men, who included two government soldiers, were shot in front of a large crowd in
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Al Ahram President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi is to fly to Ethiopia for the African Union Summit after visiting Kuwait to discuss bilateral relations Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi is scheduled to visit Ethiopia and Kuwait in January, presidency spokesman Alaa Youssef said in separate statements Sunday. El-Sisi will attend the 24th African Union Summit that will open
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Fidel Castro Odinga with his Eritrean wife and son Police launch investigation after 41-year-old Fidel Castro Odinga is found dead in his home near Nairobi. The son of Kenya’s main opposition leader Raila Odinga was found dead in his home near Nairobi, prompting a police investigation and minor unrest in the capital, police and media
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Kenya’s High Court has suspended some sections of the controversial new security law, which was enacted two weeks ago amid fierce opposition. The court blocked eight clauses until a legal challenge mounted by the opposition and rights groups is heard. MPs had exchanged blows while debating the law, which the opposition said would turn Kenya
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By Fatima Hansia , CorpWatch Blog Saudi Star Agricultural Development plans to pump $100 million into a rice export project in Gambella region of Ethiopia despite allegations of human rights violations surrounding the “villagization” program under which the land has been taken from indigenous Anuak pastoralists to lease to foreign investors. The company is
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ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopia’s Defence Forces have confirmed that the government of Addis Ababa is amassing forces of 2000 soldiers supported by 4 fighter jets and over 35 tanks are set to be deployed in the war torn South Sudan as early as March next year to provide security and maintain stability around Juba, Paloch
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ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopia’s Defence Forces have confirmed that the government of Addis Ababa is amassing forces of 2000 soldiers supported by 4 fighter jets and over 35 tanks are set to be deployed in the war torn South Sudan as early as March next year to provide security and maintain stability around Juba, Paloch
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Ali Adorus claims he was targeted by MI5 over alleged links to Islamic extremism before leaving Britain, and that a ‘confession’ was was beaten out of him in prison By ROBERT VERKAIK, The Independent A British man who claims he was tortured in an Ethiopian prison is facing the death penalty after being found guilty of terrorism
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