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A. Ethiopia shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Kenya to the south, South Sudan to the west and Sudan to the northwest. Ethiopia’s Tigray region borders Eritrea and Sudan. Tigray’s leaders accused Eritrea of sending troops into the region.
A. Ethiopia has more than 80 different ethnic groups speaking 90 individual languages. With 7.3 percent of the population Tigrayans are the third largest ethnic group. But, they gained national political power after leading a rebellion against a hated Marxist dictatorship and establishing a republic in 1991
D. The United Nations and others have warned of a looming humanitarian disaster in the growing conflict as some 25,000 refugees, hungry and scared, have fled the Tigray region into Sudan.
B. Ethiopia hopes that the colossal dam nearing completion on the Blue Nile will set the country on a path to industrialization that could lift tens of millions out of poverty. But, Sudan and Egypt fear the dam could be used as a barrier to hold back the source of nearly all the countries’ water.