Just In: Sec. Blinken presses PM Abiy for immediate, full & verifiable withdrawal of Eritrean troops from Tigray; end hostilities immediately
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Addis Abeba, April 26/2021 – Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed today to reiterate the United States’ grave concern about the deteriorating humanitarian and human rights crisis in the country, including the growing risk of famine in Ethiopia’s Tigray region as well as ongoing insecurity in other parts of the country. The Secretary pressed for Ethiopia’s and Eritrea’s commitments to withdraw Eritrean troops from Tigray to be implemented immediately, in full, and in a verifiable manner. In addition, the Secretary noted that Eritrean forces and Amhara regional forces in Tigray are contributing to the growing humanitarian disaster and committing human rights abuses. The Secretary also stressed the need for all parties to the conflict to end hostilities imm
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Sudan accuses Ethiopia of threatening its national security
A general view of the Blue Nile river as it passes through the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), near Guba in Ethiopia, on December 26, 2019. - The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, a 145-metre-high, 1.8-kilometre-long concrete colossus is set to become the largest hydropower plant in Africa. [EDUARDO SOTERAS/AFP via Getty Images] April 20, 2021 at 2:35 pm
Ethiopia is threatening Sudan s national security with its intention to begin filling the Renaissance Dam s reservoir in July, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mariam Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi, said in a statement yesterday.
Al-Mahdi accused Addis Ababa of attacking the values of good neighbourliness and threatening the lives of 20 million Sudanese by starting the second phase of filling the dam s reservoir.
Why Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia Disagree Over the Al Nahda Dam
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Aerial photograph of the Renaissance Dam in Ethiopia
With the passage of 9 years of negotiations, talks, and mediation attempts, differences still exist between Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan over the Renaissance Dam and the timetable for filling the dam, with mutual accusations of infringing on sovereignty and threatening the lives of millions.
Talks stalled again last week amid the three countries differences overfilling the dam. The most recent controversy was last July, when satellite images from the US-based Maxar Technology showed water gathering in the GERD reservoir, prompting Egyptian officials to seek urgent clarification. Neighboring Sudan also announced a drop in the water level along the river.
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