{"id":136448,"date":"2025-09-14T04:00:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T04:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=136448"},"modified":"2025-09-14T04:00:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T04:00:15","slug":"will-china-step-in-as-egypt-and-ethiopia-spar-over-beijing-backed-nile-mega-dam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=136448","title":{"rendered":"Will China step in as Egypt and Ethiopia spar over Beijing-backed Nile mega dam?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostThe launch of a divisive multibillion-dollar mega dam on the Nile River has sparked a tense diplomatic battle between Ethiopia and Egypt, with Cairo denouncing it as \u201can unlawful unilateral act\u201d and protesting to the United Nations Security Council.<br \/>\nDuring an inauguration ceremony on Tuesday, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed described the US$5 billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam as a \u201csymbol of Ethiopian unity and national achievement\u201d.<br \/>\nSeveral regional leaders, including Kenyan President&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3325280\/will-china-step-egypt-and-ethiopia-spar-over-beijing-backed-nile-mega-dam?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostThe launch of a divisive multibillion-dollar mega dam on the Nile River has sparked a tense diplomatic battle between Ethiopia and Egypt, with Cairo&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136448"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=136448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136448\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=136448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=136448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=136448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}