Rania Badawy of the
private satellite station Tahrir hung up on Ethiopia's ambassador to Cairo
during a live call-in over the contested Grand Renaissance Dam. An Egyptian
broadcaster has been suspended for arguing with Ethiopia's ambassador to Cairo
during a live TV phone-in about Addis Ababa's ongoing Nile dam project.On
Wednesday, Rania Badawy, a talk show host on the privately-owned Tahrir
satellite channel, got into a heated argument with Ethiopian envoy Mahmoud
Dardir over the Grand Renaissance Dam, a multi-billion hydroelectric dam that
has been a source of contention between the two countries for over a year. Near
the end of the six-minute-long call, Badawy asked the envoy if Addis Ababa
insisted on pressing forward with the dam's construction in its current form
and capacity, which Egypt fears will harm its share of the Nile's water. The
ambassador replied: "You do not understand about dams and are talking in a
bumptious tone." Badawy then angrily told the ambassador he had
"crossed his limits" and that he should not "characterise [her]
talk or speak to [her] about arrogance". She then thanked him and abruptly
ended the call, as his voice trailed off in an attempt to reply. The head of
the TV station, Mohamed Khedr, told Al-Ahram's Arabic news website on Sunday
that the move to suspend Badawy came amid his channel's "sense of
responsibility," adding that the management was revamping the programme
map ahead of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan – which should fall on 29 June. Source ( Al-ahram )
Sunday, June 22, 2014
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