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A look at how Ethiopia’s wars, sea ambitions and Nile dam fuel fears of wider conflict

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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019 for making peace with neighboring Eritrea. A year later, their armies joined forces against Tigrayan fighters in northern Ethiopia.

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    A look at how Ethiopia’s wars, sea ambitions and Nile dam fuel fears of wider conflict (opens WTOP Washington DC)

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    NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019 for making peace with neighboring Eritrea. A year later, their armies joined forces against Tigrayan fighters in northern Ethiopia.

  2. Fortune

    Ethiopia’s prime minister won a Nobel Peace Prize for making peace with Eritrea. Now the former allies could go to war (opens Fortune)

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    Renewed fighting, tensions with Eritrea and disputes over Red Sea ports and Nile waters are raising fears of a wider regional war.

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