Flashback: This is an early thread I posted when relatively new to the Tigray War and the #GERD issue back in April as the AU dam agreement negotiations between #Egypt #Sudan and #Ethiopia were breaking down.
It addresses the role of the Trump administration in this.
It addresses the role of the Trump administration in this.
https://twitter.com/althecat/status/1380475710846988288
Back then I was a complete neophyte to this subject area when I posted this. And it was before the Jeffrey Feltman mission.
But given that parts of the new U.S. admin and media have now taken an strong anti-Ethiopian stance on this issue it perhaps deserves further analysis.
But given that parts of the new U.S. admin and media have now taken an strong anti-Ethiopian stance on this issue it perhaps deserves further analysis.
If the U.S. role in the #GERD dispute in any way precipitated the escalation in internal tensions in Ethiopia, which doesn't seem an unreasonable conclusion based on the timeline discussed in this thread then they have a responsibility to take this into account now.
Moreover, their are implications here for diplomacy over the wider region, and particularly in relation to Egyptian - US relations.
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