Abiy Ahmed - 2025 ACF Regionals

Question

This leader was asked to leave the AUSSOM mission after he recognized a government in exchange for a naval base. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this leader of the Prosperity Party who agreed to end a border conflict by ceding the town of Badme. This leader launched a war with a northeastern neighbor in 2020 after winning the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize.

ANSWER: Abiy Ahmed [or Abiy Ahmed Ali; prompt on Ahmed]

[10h] Under Abiy, Ethiopia has also raised tensions with nearby nations after finishing construction of this massive project on the Blue Nile, located near the country’s border with Sudan.

ANSWER: Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam [or Hidase Dam or Millennium Dam; accept Tālāqu ye-Ītyōppyā Hidāsē Gidib]

[10e] Ethiopia has feuded with this country over the control it will have over waterflow that ends up in the Nile. This country has been governed by Abdel Fattah el-Sisi since 2014.

ANSWER: Egypt [or Misr]

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Summary


California	2025-02-01	Y	3	13.33	100%	33%	0%
Florida	2025-02-01	Y	3	20.00	100%	67%	33%
Great Lakes	2025-02-01	Y	6	11.67	100%	17%	0%
North	2025-02-01	Y	3	10.00	67%	0%	33%
Overflow	2025-02-01	Y	5	16.00	80%	40%	40%
Pacific Northwest	2025-02-01	Y	2	15.00	100%	50%	0%
South Central	2025-02-01	Y	2	20.00	100%	50%	50%
Southeast	2025-02-01	Y	4	10.00	100%	0%	0%
UK	2025-02-01	Y	10	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	2025-02-01	Y	8	13.75	100%	13%	25%
Upstate NY	2025-02-01	Y	3	10.00	100%	0%	0%

Data


UC Berkeley A	Claremont A	10	0	10	20
Claremont B	UCSD	0	0	10	10
UCLA	UC Berkeley B	0	0	10	10
UW B	Alberta	10	0	10	20
UW A	UBC	0	0	10	10
TAMU	Texas A	10	0	10	20
Texas B	ASU	0	10	10	20
Iowa State	Wisconsin A	0	10	10	20
Carleton	Minnesota B	0	0	10	10
Wisconsin B	Winona State	0	0	0	0
Georgetown A	Purdue	0	0	10	10
Northwestern B	Georgetown B	10	10	10	30
Notre Dame C	Iowa	0	0	10	10
Stanford B	Northwestern A	10	0	10	20
Notre Dame A	Notre Dame B	0	10	0	10
Florida A	Florida B	10	10	10	30
Florida State A	UCF C	10	0	10	20
Valencia A	UCF B	0	0	10	10
Michigan B	Michigan A	10	0	10	20
Michigan C	Kenyon	0	0	10	10
Case Western A	Michigan D	0	0	10	10
Case Western B	Michigan State	0	0	10	10
Ohio State A	Carnegie Mellon B	0	0	10	10
Ohio State B	Carnegie Mellon A	0	0	10	10
Georgia Tech D	Alabama A	0	0	10	10
Georgia Tech A	Georgia Tech B	0	0	10	10
Louisville A	Tennessee A	0	0	10	10
Bruin A	Georgia Tech C	0	0	10	10
Warwick B	Bristol	0	0	10	10
Cambridge A	Warwick A	10	0	10	20
LSE	Cambridge B	10	0	10	20
Cambridge D	Sheffield	0	0	10	10
Oxford B	Cambridge E	0	0	10	10
Durham	Southampton B	0	0	10	10
Imperial A	Cambridge C	10	0	10	20
Imperial B	Southampton A	10	0	10	20
NYU C	Manchester	10	0	10	20
Oxford A	Oxford C	0	0	10	10
Johns Hopkins A	Cornell B	0	0	10	10
Haverford A	George Washington A	0	0	10	10
John Jay College	Penn B	0	0	10	10
Maryland B	Haverford B	0	10	10	20
NYU A	Maryland A	10	0	10	20
Columbia C	NYU B	0	0	10	10
Columbia B	Penn A	0	0	10	10
Rutgers A	Vassar A	0	10	10	20
Cornell D	Binghamton A	0	0	10	10
RIT B	Cornell C	0	0	10	10
ESF A	RIT A	0	0	10	10