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Ethiopia inaugurates Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam as Egypt rift deepens
ByReuters in Guba September 9, 2025

Ethiopian PM says dam will electrify entire region but Egypt fears it could restrict water supply during droughtsEthiopia has officially inaugurated Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam, a project that will provide energy to millions of Ethiopians while …

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Ethiopia inaugurates Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam as Egypt rift deepens
ByReuters in Guba September 9, 2025September 9, 2025

Ethiopian PM says dam will electrify entire region but Egypt fears it could restrict water supply during droughtsEthiopia has inaugurated Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam, a project that could transform the country’s energy sector but may also increa…

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‘Too hungry to think, too weak to sit upright. Concentration slips away’: the struggle to stay focussed as an academic in Gaza
ByAhmed Kamal Junina August 19, 2025

It is hard to keep the mind sharp when the body is thin and dehydrated, but solidarity is teaching starving students their thoughts still matterI must admit: I write this piece while starving – too hungry to think clearly, too weak to sit upright for l…

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Iraq’s marshes were considered an Eden. Now the oil industry is sucking them dry
ByAzhar Al-Rubaie, Sara Manisera and Daniela Sala in Hawizeh Marshes August 13, 2025

Hawizeh’s wetlands once had abundant fishing and wildlife. In a land threatened by drought and desertification, oil drilling is draining the last of the waterAt dawn, a veil of mist clings to the canals of Hawizeh, where sky and water seem to blur into…

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Killing of young siblings at Gaza water point shows seeking life’s essentials now a deadly peril
ByMalak A Tantesh in Gaza and Emma Graham-Harrison in Jerusalem July 19, 2025

Karam al-Ghussain, 9, and Lulu, 10, were fetching water from a nearby distribution station when an Israeli strike hit it, and themIn Gaza, being a helpful, loving child can be a death sentence. Heba al-Ghussain’s nine-year-old son, Karam, was killed by…

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Killing of young siblings at Gaza water point shows seeking life’s essentials now a deadly peril
ByMalak A Tantesh in Gaza and Emma Graham-Harrison in Jerusalem July 19, 2025

Karam al-Ghussain, 9, and Lulu, 10, were fetching water from a nearby distribution station when an Israeli strike hit it, and themIn Gaza, being a helpful, loving child can be a death sentence. Heba al-Ghussain’s nine-year-old son, Karam, was killed by…

Read More Killing of young siblings at Gaza water point shows seeking life’s essentials now a deadly peril