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Igad issues alert over ageing tanker abandoned in the Red Sea

Dr Workneh Gebeyehu. He is the executive secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development.

By  Tesfa-Alem Tekle

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Nation Media Group

Addis Ababa

The Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (Igad) has expressed concern over the potential environmental disaster posed to the Red Sea by the FSO Safer, an aging oil tanker moored off the western coast of Yemen.

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