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A correspondent in Egypt

A correspondent in Egypt

Jul 8, 2020

A picture shows solar panels installed by Egypt's Irrigation Ministry and the United Nations in a field in Kafr al-Dawar village in the country's northern Nile Delta, Egypt, Nov. 26, 2018. — MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP via Getty Images

A woman pauses with her child in a camp for people displaced in conflicts and turmoil that has afflicted Burundi over the last 25 years, Carama, Burundi, June 23, 2015.

Egypt, Ethiopia compete to export power to Africa

George Mikhail

An ariel view of the semi-functional Inga dam on the Congo River October 22, 2006. With a flow second only to the Amazon, the mighty Congo river spews forth 1.5 million cubic feet (42.5 million litres) into the Atlantic every second. Experts say it could generate over 40,000 megawatts (MW) of electricity -- more than twice the projected capacity of China 's massive Three Gorges Dam, and a major step to keeping up with fast-growing demand for electricity in Africa and beyond. Picture taken October 22, 2006.

Will the Democratic Republic of Congo be Egypt's newest ally in dam disputes?

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Egypt solar

Energy, dams boost Egypt’s clout in Africa

Mohamed Sabry

Egypt moves into position as regional energy hub

Rami Galal