Ethiopia began filling the controversial Grand Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile on Wednesday, after negotiations with Sudan and Egypt failed to reach an agreement, the country’s water minister said on Wednesday. The hydroelectric dam would transform Ethiopia into the biggest power exporter in Africa, but the Nile waters serve ...
Libya’s parliament has passed a motion authorizing Egypt to intervene militarily if needed to safeguard the “national security” of both countries in light of what it termed a Turkish “occupation”. The eastern-based legislature backs military commander Khalifa Haftar, who fought a year-long and ultimately unsuccessful campaign to seize the western ...
