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Waiting to Die of Thirst: Ethiopia, Egypt, Sudan, and the GERD
Photo Credit: Olof von Gawinski By Michael KeeneStaff Writer In northeast Africa, a tragedy of epic proportions has been playing out for decades. Ethiopia’s ongoing construction of a massive $4.5 billion dam over the Nile River’s largest tributary has led to an increasingly volatile East African environment, in which old colonial practices, climate change, and…
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Op-Ed: A Robbery of Artistic Proportions: How the Louvre is Complicit in the Looting of Middle Eastern Treasures
Photo Credit: DBUK By Audrey HallManaging Editor The Musee du Louvre, the world’s most visited museum located in the center of Paris, has come under severe scrutiny as former Louvre President Jean-Luc Martinez has been charged with money laundering and alleged art trafficking. Martinez is said to have accepted falsified certificates of origin for several…