02/09/2020
US suspends some aid to Ethiopia over dam dispute with Egypt
JOHANNESBURG (AP) ? On the guidance of President Donald Trump, the State Department said Wednesday the U.S. is suspending some aid to Ethiopia over the ?lack of progress? in the country?s talks with Egypt and Sudan over a massive, disputed dam project it is completing on the Nile River. It was an unusual example of Trump#8217;s direct intervention on an issue in Africa, a continent he hasn#8217;t visited as president and rarely mentions publicly. The dam dispute centers on two of Africa#8217;s most populous and powerful nations, Ethiopia and Egypt, and some have feared it could lead to military conflict. A State Department...
