US re-engages in GERD dispute as tensions between Ethiopia and Egypt escalate
Tensions have once again escalated between Egypt and Ethiopia over GERD, Africa’s largest hydroelectric project, and now Trump has offered to mediate
Ethiopia inaugurates Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam as regional tensions with Egypt and Sudan persist
Ethiopia has officially opened the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Africa’s largest hydroelectric project, marking the end of a 14-year, USD 5 billion undertaking that has reshaped both the country’s energy ambitions and the geopolitics of the Nile Basin.
Indigenous group intensifies opposition to dam project in north Philippines
The Isnag tribe in the Apayao province have declared senior officials of a national agency on Indigenous affairs as persona non grata on their ancestral lands, as the dispute over a major hydel power project intensifies
Nicaragua’s green revolution
While large polluting countries have refused to take necessary measures to slow the climate crisis, Nicaragua, one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change, has taken impressive steps to shift to more sustainable energy
The US wants to play powerbroker in a fight over the Nile River, but a bigger threat looms
What is at stake in the negotiations between Egypt and Ethiopia over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and what has been the response of the US
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- Israel kills 31 people in Lebanon on the eve of Eid al-Adha
- Israel carries out sixth consecutive Eid massacre in Gaza
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