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By Amanuel T. Muhzun
GERD seeking fair international mediation
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has had a large international focus with reports about its advantages and disadvantages. In fact, the Project is quite big and is located in the highly sensitive watershed of the Nile Basin. This writer find it helpful to mention the many international efforts made in seeking mediation concerning the water dispute between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan.
According to the Egyptian Al-Ahram online News and the Global Construction Review (GCR), the Arab League met in Cairo on October 12, 2019 and expressed its extreme concern in support of Egypt’s position over Ethiopia’s mega dam on the Blue Nile River. Soon after, the Arab League sent a letter to the Government of Ethiopia to announce its position in favour of Egypt. Furthermore, the Arab League had warned Ethiopia on 23 June 2020 not to start dam filling before agreement is reached with the downstream.
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Libya s Decade Of Turmoil Since Kadhafi s Fall
02/09/21 AT 10:30 PM
Oil-rich Libya has been mired in chaos since dictator Moamer Kadhafi was ousted and killed a decade ago.
Its UN-recognised government is based in Tripoli, while eastern strongman Khalifa Haftar supports a parallel administration based in the east. A myriad of militias is also vying for control.
Here is a timeline of the Mediterranean country s descent into turmoil.
Encouraged by Arab Spring uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt, demonstrations erupt in Libya in February 2011.
A coalition led by Washington, Paris and London lends its backing to an armed revolt. Libya has seen 10 years of violent turmoil since the ouster and killing of strongman Moamer Kadhafi Photo: AFP / MAHMUD TURKIA