Since November 4, the focus of the international community in their observations of the internal conflict in Ethiopia has largely been centered on the central government’s suppression of a rebellion against its authority in the northern region of Tigray. Within a matter of three weeks, the government of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed had declared victory…
Disaster struck not so much with a bang, but with a trickle. At first, Ethiopia denied the very thing that 100 million Egyptians living downstream on the Nile feared – that the filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) reservoir had started. On 15 July, Ethiopia’s national television broke the news, only to retract…
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which without warning began ravaging our planet, some important issues have been put on hold. However, they will have to be resolved sooner or later. One of them is the water scarcity problem. In fact, some scientists and experts believe that it may lead to wars, which could cause more…
