Flight cancellations and cash shortages hit Tigray amid fears of renewed conflict in northern Ethiopia. #DWAfrica | DW Africa

Ethiopia protests against US over Tigray restrictions | US imposes sanctions on Ethiopia |World News

US President Donald Trump has described Ethiopia's $5-billion dam on the Nile River as "a big problem" and vowed to resolve the long-running dispute between Addis Ababa and Cairo over the project, which was commissioned in September. After talks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Davos on Wednesday, Trump lamented how the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam "blocks water" from flowing for use by neighbouring countries. | TRT Afrika

#FirstpostAfrica: Trump Offers to Mediate Nile Dam Row Between Ethiopia, Egypt, and Sudan US President Donald Trump has offered to restart mediation efforts for the long-standing Nile water dispute. In a recent letter to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Trump pledged to resolve the tensions surrounding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), asserting that no single nation should unilaterally control the Nile’s waters. The $5 billion project is Africa’s largest dam, viewed by Ethiopi