Sudan
The $5 billion USD super hydroelectric dam on the Nile River comes into operation
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Ethiopia has begun producing electricity from the GERD, a multibillion-dollar hydroelectric plant on the Nile River that neighbors Sudan and Egypt fear will cause water shortages downstream.
Thousands of Sudanese people take to the streets after the army took over
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After the army overthrew and arrested 30-year-old President of Sudan - Omar Bahsir, thousands of people in Sudan took to the streets to protest in the capital Sudan demanding the establishment of a civil government, instead of a military commission taking over the country after the coup.