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Can Arab League Push Ethiopia To Delay Filling Of Nile Dam?
July 1st, 2020
Via Al-Monitor, an article on how – while Arab foreign ministers called on Ethiopia to refrain from filling the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam next month without prior agreement with Egypt and Sudan – many Arab experts and observers believe this position must be translated into action to support Egypt and Sudan in their dispute with Ethiopia: Arab […]
Read more »Water: National Security Challenge For Pakistan
June 28th, 2020
Via Pakistan’s Frontier Post, commentary on the water security challenge facing Pakistan: South Asia is home to around quarter of the world’s population and also one of the most water stressed regions in the world. In South Asia, Pakistan is facing a distressing decrease in water resources and yet authorities in Pakistan are unable or […]
Read more »As Nile Dam Tensions Rise, ‘Miscalculation’ Could Lead to Conflict
June 26th, 2020
Via VOA News, an update on Nile Dam tensions where some observers fear that ‘miscalculation’ could lead to conflict: Ethiopia is moving forward with a plan to fill a massive reservoir behind a new dam on the Nile River and Egypt is calling the move a threat to peace and security in the region and is […]
Read more »COVID-19 Hits Bhutan-India Water Cooperation
June 26th, 2020
Via Third Pole.net, a report on how Bhutanese officials are scrambling to restore irrigation channels after farmers were thwarted by India’s sealed border: In Baksa district of Assam in north-east India, right next to the Bhutan border, hundreds of farmers held a demonstration this month. They alleged that Bhutan had blocked the flow of water from […]
Read more »Egypt’s Losing Battle on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
June 24th, 2020
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), analysis of Egypt’s position on the Grand Renaissance Dam: The failure of last week’s negotiations over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam means that the initial filling of the $4 billion hydroelectric dam on the Blue Nile will likely occur without an agreement between Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia. Egypt will attempt, […]
Read more »Water Sharing Tensions Between Iran and Afghanistan Still High as Droughts Ease
June 24th, 2020
Via Future Directions International, a look at water tensions between Iran and Afghanistan: Both Iran and Afghanistan have suffered from prolonged droughts over the last several years. In Afghanistan, the worst drought in decades directly affected two-thirds of the country in 2018-19. Around ten million Afghans were severely impacted by the drought and at least 300,000 were displaced as a result. […]
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