U.S. May Cut Funding to Ethiopia Over Nile Dam Dispute

This satellite image taken Friday, June 26, 2020, shows the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile river in the Benishangul-Gumuz region of Ethiopia. Maxar Technologies via AP PhotoMaxar Technologies via AP Photo

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By David Malingha

August 28, 2020 at 9:03 AM UTC

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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo approved plans to halt some aid to Ethiopia as part of its effort to mediate a dispute over a dam on the Nile River that’s pitted the Horn of Africa nation against Egypt and Sudan, Foreign Policy reported.