The demonstrators who have US citizenship said they would cast ballot against President Donald Trump in the coming US election as punishment against the presiden. Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt are connected by the Blue and White Nile rivers and they have been at odds over Ethiopia’s hydropower dam and regional water-sharing plans for years. Ethiopia sees its nearly completed $4.6 billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam as a vital national project to spring millions out of poverty. Trump’s comments then veered toward the dam dispute that also involves Sudan, which is located between Egypt and Ethiopia. “[Egypt] will end up blowing up the dam,” Trump said.

Source: Ethiopian News October 30, 2020 18:00 UTC