ሶስት የግብፅ ሰላዮች ተያዙ
GAMBELLA - The
regional state government of Gambella caught today 3 Egyptian nationals
who penetrated to the the region via the war torn South Sudan in what
the regional government of Ethiopia believed to be a spying mission to
find information about the country's Renaissance Dam. The the three men
named as Yusuf Haj, Ismail Azizi and Hassan Garai were caught in
separate locations of the region.
Yusuf went to Abobo on a fake
tourist pass to see the Abobo dam of the Abobo county (Woreda). The
locals in Abobo worried about the suspicious activities he was making
near the dam and that prompted his arrest by the local police. He was
then transferred to the regional administration in Gambella for further
investigation and detentions.
The other two were caught at a
bus station in Gambella trying to board a bus to Benshangul - Gumuz
state without security passes. Benshangul-Gumuz near blue Nile is where
the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is located.
Egypt and Ethiopia have been at
odds over the construction of GERD. Egyptian government threatened to
bomb the dam as they feel that if the dam becomes operational, it would
compromise their fair share of the Nile water. Ethiopia however denied
any impact the flow of water would do to Egypt.
Moreover, South Sudan government
recently signed a military agreement with Egyptian government. The
agreement was received with too much skepticism by Addis Ababa who think
that any deal by their neighbour with Egypt would invite an attack on
the dam.
Last week, the South Sudanese
rebels claimed to have captured 12 Egyptians in Jonglei who fought
alongside the government of South Sudan.
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