Tag: simmers
The presidential election in Russia: Discontent simmers in Siberia
The news agency Reuters shares with Russian election officials on their way to remote parts of the sub-republic of Sakha, or Yakutia, in eastern Siberia. It is the largest sub-republic…
Egypt-Ethiopia-Sudan: the water war simmers on the Blue Nile
For millennia, the rainy season in the Ethiopian highlands has heralded prosperity and fertility in Egypt. Between July and September, the farmers located downstream of the Blue Nile (taking its…