Cairo announces Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan are set to resume negotiations over a disputed dam
Construction work takes place, at the site of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam near Assosa, Ethiopia on June 28, 2013. Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan resumed their years-long negotiations on August 27, 2023 over the controversial dam Ethiopia is building on the Nile River’s main tributary, officials said. credit: AP
Cairo announces Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan are set to resume negotiations over a disputed dam
The Egyptian Irrigation Ministry announced the new round of talks in Cairo. Irrigation Minister Hani Sewilam said Egypt wants a legally binding agreement on how the giant dam is operated and filled. Sewilam said there are many “technical and legal solutions” for the dispute, without elaborating.
Nicknamed The Crocodile, Zimbabwe’s President Mnangagwa retains seat in controversial poll
President Mnangagwa was re-elected for a second and final five-year term with 52.6 per cent of the vote, according to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission. Chamisa, 45, who also lost to Mnangagwa in a very close and disputed election five years ago, won 44 per cent of the vote this time, the commission said.
Strength of a woman: How losing both parents at two years powered new athletics 800m queen Mary Moraa to stardom
The Kenyan has been having a magnificent season and has not lost any of her 800m races. She kept her streak alive defeating Olympic champion Athing Mu who beat her to the gold medal in Oregon last year.
Stewed in militarism, is Uganda planning to deploy army and bombs to combat next wave of locust invasion?
At the moment we have no category of people known as locust experts. We have to train Ugandans to become locust experts. It is not enough to have insect (entomology) experts or ecologists or environmentalists or conservationists. These are important to have but cannot effectively manifest as locust experts.
SpaceX lawsuit pulls the veil off US policy on bias against refugees and other non-citizens
A new lawsuit accusing SpaceX of illegally refusing to hire asylum recipients and refugees could be an important test of the US government’s stance that national security concerns do not allow companies to discriminate against non-citizens. Elon Musk, CEO of the rocket and satellite company, said in response to the...
Age becomes Biden and Trump’s road block in quest for White House, younger rivals lack mettle to knock them back
Americans actually agree on something in this time of raw discord: Joe Biden is too old to be an effective president in a second term. Only a few years his junior, Donald Trump raises strikingly less concern about his age. But they have plenty of other problems with Trump, who...
