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The war of words over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is dominating the <\/strong>conversation on Egypt this morning<\/strong>, with both the Associated Press<\/a> and AFP<\/a> running with the story.<\/p>\n

The Madbouly government must use its newly-acquired <\/strong>IMF funding<\/a><\/strong> to spend more on <\/strong>healthcare and provide food subsidies for those facing unemployment<\/strong>, beyond maintaining a macroeconomic standing that will enable it to keep borrowing, AUC\u2019s Amr Adly argues in a Bloomberg op-ed<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The war of words over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is dominating the conversation on Egypt this morning, with both the Associated Press and AFP running with the story. 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