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Ethiopia Demands Explanation on US Aid Cut

Simon Marks

   ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopian officials are demanding an explanation from the
   U.S. after it announced this week it would cut millions of dollars in
   aid after Ethiopia's decision to begin filling a reservoir at a massive
   hydropower dam on the Nile River. Egypt and Sudan are opposed to the
   dam, which they fear could reduce their water supply.

   The U.S. State Department on Wednesday announced it would place a
   "temporary pause" on tens of millions of dollars in foreign assistance
   to Ethiopia, in response to authorities there filling a reservoir at
   the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).

   Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan have been locked in a bitter dispute over the
   GERD and the waters of the Nile for nearly a decade.

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