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<\/a> GERD\u2019s project manager found shot dead in his car: <\/strong>The project manager of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Simegnew Bekele, was found shot dead in his car in Addis Ababa on Thursday, Reuters reports<\/a><\/u>. While there has been no official line, the case is widely suspected to be a homicide and the word \u201cassassination\u201d has even been used by witnesses at the scene, who said that police recovered a pistol from the car. It is hard to ascertain as of yet how this would impact GERD talks between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia, which saw a breakthrough last month, when President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed vowed to iron out<\/a><\/u> their differences peacefully, after months of souring ties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

GERD\u2019s project manager found shot dead in his car: The project manager of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Simegnew Bekele, was found shot dead in his car in Addis Ababa on Thursday, Reuters reports. 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