The Ethiopian-Egyptian Water War Has BegunIt took only a few weeks to plan the cyberattack—and a few more to abandon the world of ethical hacking for the less noble sort. But the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, which will be Africa’s largest, is more than just a piece of infrastructure. Even then, the online tensions between Ethiopians and Egyptians were palpable in the comments sections of seemingly every article about the dam. Tensions escalated this year, as the U.S.-brokered negotiations between Ethiopia and Egypt unraveled and new talks mediated by the African Union began. Ethiopian officials, meanwhile, continue to encourage Ethiopians to post about the dam online and often use the #ItsMyDam hashtag in their own social media posts.

Source: Ethiopian News September 22, 2020 10:41 UTC