Tag: METEC

  • Egypt-Ethiopia: The Nile Water Crisis Resurfaces Again

    Egypt-Ethiopia: The Nile Water Crisis Resurfaces Again

    The embattled Egyptian president AlSisi has resuscitated the Nile water crisis with Ethiopia. The differences over Ethiopia’s Great Renaissance Dam (GERD) that started in 2011, has sometimes bubbled and in other times erupted to the surface. When it did, it was often downplayed by occasional diplomatic niceties or escalated through media forays. But since the summer

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  • Eritreans in Ethiopia Could Pay a Price, Again

    Eritreans in Ethiopia Could Pay a Price, Again

    The EPRDF ruling party of Ethiopia, which was dominated by the TPLF and its allies, has been completely decimated except in name. The political chaos started as soon as PM Abiy launched a realignment of the EPRDF member parties and assembled a new coalition sidelining several parties, mainly the TPLF. Consequently, each of the ethnic-based

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