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Ethiopia embraces big projects but risks another war by seeking access to the sea
- Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has ambitious plans, including Africa's largest airport and a nuclear power plant, as reported by The Independent.
- The country is seeking access to the Red Sea, a historical issue since Eritrea's independence in 1993, which has led to rising tensions, according to Magus Taylor of the International Crisis Group.
- Despite significant economic reforms, nearly 43% of Ethiopians live under the poverty line, as noted by the World Bank.
- Ethiopia faces internal security challenges with ethnic conflicts and insurgencies, creating unstable conditions, as highlighted by Amnesty International.
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Ethiopia embraces big projects but risks another war by seeking access to the sea
Ethiopia’s prime minister loves big projects. With a mega-dam completed on the Nile, Abiy Ahmed is now planning Africa’s largest airport and a nuclear power plant.
·United States
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Ethiopian Prime Minister Ahmed wants to prevail. Eritrea does not think to give in.
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YOHANNES WOLDEMARIAM - The Ideological Basis Behind the Imperial Ambitions of Ethiopia - The Elephant
The territorial ambitions of Ethiopia – or, more accurately, Abyssinia (present-day northern Ethiopia comprising the Tigray and Amhara regions) – are deep-rooted. They emanate from the thinking that Ethiopia is exceptional and that Ethiopians are a chosen people. The ideological basis is the Kebra Nagast, a 14th-century text that has provided the basis for a divine claim to legitimacy for Ethiopia’s monarchs in the past and even the post-monarch…
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