Ethiopian armed conflict may affect Nile Dam dispute
BY: George Mikhail PEJOURNAL - The armed conflict in Ethiopia could affect the Grand Ethiopian Nile Dam (Renaissance) file and slow down construction of the dam, which Egypt sees as a big threat to its water security. The armed conflict in Ethiopia between the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) has recently escalated. Tensions began to rise after the Tigray region rejected Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s decision to postpone the parliamentary elections because of the coronavirus pandemic and decided unilaterally to hold its own polls in September. On Nov. 5, Ahmed declared a wide-scale war on the…