Egypt Uses GERD’s Issue to Divert Attention From Domestic Challenges – EIPD President

Addis Ababa — Egyptian authorities have intensified their media campaign against the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) to divert domestic economic and political pressures, President of Ethiopian Institute for Public Diplomacy (EIPD), Yassin Ahmed told ENA.

The renewed focus on the dam is aimed at diverting public attention from economic and livelihood challenges facing the Egyptian people, he underscored.

Yassin said the GERD issue has increasingly become a political and media tool for…