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The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is expected to be the Horn of Africa country’s solution to acute power shortages, but it brings problems for downstream countries . (Flickr)

Abiy Ahmed touts Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam as showcase of African excellence

The dam is expected to be the Horn of Africa country’s solution to acute power shortages, but it brings problems for downstream countries

  • Eyaaz
3 min read
Students wave a Somali flag during a demonstration in support of Somalia’s government following the port deal signed between Ethiopia and the breakaway region of Somaliland at Eng Yariisow Stadium in Mogadishu on January 3, 2024. (Photo by ABDISHUKRI HAYBE/AFP via Getty Images)

Abiy’s port in a storm

Landlocked Ethiopia wants a port, any port. Somaliland has a coastline and wants someone to recognise the self-governing territory as a fully-fledged country. So a deal was made that could redraw the map. But everyone else objects

  • Des Erasmus
7 min read