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One Shot Dead In Iranian Water Shortage Protests
July 19th, 2021
Via Terra Daily, a report on Iranian water shortage protests: A demonstrator was shot dead during protests against water shortages in drought-hit Khuzestan in southwestern Iran, state media reported Saturday, with an official blaming the death on “opportunists and rioters”. The demonstrator was killed in the Khuzestan province town of Shadegan, the official IRNA news agency […]
Read more »Can African Union Revive Nile Dam Talks?
July 19th, 2021
Via Al Monitor, a look at whether the African Union can revive Nile dam talks: The Democratic Republic of the Congo, in its capacity as the African Union chair, is seeking to host a new negotiation round between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, which Addis Ababa is building on the Blue Nile — […]
Read more »Iran’s Water Crisis Spurs Protests
July 16th, 2021
Via Reuters, a report on protests in Iran over water shortages: Street protests broke out overnight over severe water shortages in Iran’s oil-rich southwest, according to Iranian news outlets and videos posted on social media on Friday, as the country faces its worst drought in 50 years. Videos showed protesters setting fire to tyres to […]
Read more »Ethiopia Says UN Role in Nile Dam Row ‘Unhelpful’
July 15th, 2021
Via Terra Daily, an article on Ethiopia’s frustration with the UN’s involvement in the GERD negotiations: Ethiopia on Tuesday blasted as “unhelpful” the intervention of the United Nations in a long-running dispute over its controversial Nile River mega-dam. The huge dam, set to be Africa’s largest hydroelectric project when completed, has sparked an almost decade-long […]
Read more »The Renaissance Dam, after the Security Council
July 15th, 2021
Via Cairo Review, an article on Egypt and Sudan continued insistence on a tripartite agreement to manage Ethiopia’s contentious plan to execute its Renaissance dam on the Nile: On July 8, the United Nations Security Council convened in response to a call by Tunisia, its Arab non-permanent member, to discuss Egyptian and Sudanese objections to Ethiopia’s […]
Read more »The US Drought and Its Connection To National Security
July 15th, 2021
Via Cipher Brief, commentary on the US drought’s impact on national security: Each new report about this year’s western drought reveals another record-breaking development: Hoover Dam’s Lake Mead is at its lowest level ever. More acres have already burned across California compared to this time last year. Extraordinary electricity demand is straining the Texas electric grid to its limit. As […]
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