Daily Memo: Tensions Over Ethiopia’s Nile Dam

Addis Ababa denied reports that it started the second filling phase.

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Update on Ethiopia’s dam. Ethiopia began the second filling phase for a reservoir of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, according to a Sudanese official. Ethiopia denied the report, but it comes as two downstream countries, Egypt and Sudan, began joint military exercises, dubbed “Guardians of the Nile,” on Wednesday. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken […]

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