Ethiopia

With the dam inaugurated and the reservoir near 24 billion cubic metres, Cairo says the unilateral June filling threatens its water security as the Blue Nile drops

Le Monde and US lawmakers say Abu Dhabi opened covert cargo routes via Ethiopia and CAR to keep arming the RSF, contradicting assurances given to Washington

Fighting between Fano militias and federal forces hit 22+ districts across nine Amhara zones in mid-June; Addis pushed June parliamentary elections in disputed Tigray areas over TPLF objections

At the G7 Trump says the dam is causing Egypt 'tremendous problems' and offers to restart US Nile mediation, six months after Ethiopia inaugurated Africa's largest hydro project

Addis has redeployed heavy weaponry and mechanised units to Afar within striking distance of Eritrea's Assab port; Abiy's Red Sea ambition and a fractured TPLF turn an old enmity into a powder keg