Ethiopia’s Focus Turns to Filling Dam as Tigray War Ends
- Egypt, Sudan oppose unilateral damming of Nile reservoir
- Abiy’s government also wants to regain territory lost to Sudan
A rebel fighter guards the outskirts of Hawzen, in Tigray region, northern Ethiopia.
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Ethiopia will turn its attention to filling a massive hydropower dam on the Nile River and regaining territory lost in a dispute with Sudan as hostilities end in the northern Tigray region, the government said.
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed agreed to implement a cease-fire in Tigray on June 29. The decision came after fighters loyal to the dissident Tigray People’s Liberation Front recaptured the regional capital, Mekelle, from federal forces after almost eight months of conflict.