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GERD Lock: A Knot of Contradictions In Egypt-Sudan-Ethiopia Dispute
May 14th, 2021
Via New Eastern Outlook, commentary on the decade long dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: There has been a decade-long dispute over the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue Nile since 2011. Recently, after the final failure of the negotiations in Kinshasa, this dispute has intensified between Cairo and […]
Read more »Egypt Explores Water Alternatives With Nile Dam Set To Fill
April 29th, 2021
Via Al Monitor, an article on Egypt’s efforts to work on water projects with South Sudan in a bid to make up for water lost from the Nile as Ethiopia fills its Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: Many observers believe that Egypt is left with two choices regarding the negotiations on filling and operating the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD): a military confrontation […]
Read more »Is Ethiopia’s Latest Nile Dam Proposal Merely A Play For Time?
April 29th, 2021
Via Al Monitor, a look at the latest Ethiopian proposal on the Nile dam which some feel may merely be a play for time while the second filling of the dam proceeds: Ethiopia has proposed holding a meeting of the African Union Assembly in a bid to end the deadlock over the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam […]
Read more »Egyptian Foreign Minister on African Tour as Nile Dam Issues Loom
April 20th, 2021
Via Al Monitor, a report on the Egyptian foreign minister’s African tour as Nile dam issue loom: Egypt’s top diplomat is currently on a tour of African states. One reason for the blitz is to build support for Cairo’s position regarding the dispute over Ethiopia’s mega dam on the Nile River. Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry […]
Read more »Egypt, Sudan Refuse Ethiopian Proposal on Filling Nile Dam Reservoir
April 19th, 2021
Via Al Monitor, a report on how Egypt and Sudan refused Ethiopia’s proposal for a partial agreement to form a mechanism to exchange data about the measures to implement the next stage of filling the GERD reservoir: Following the failure of the Kinshasa talks — which according to Egyptian officials may have been the last chance to resolve the outstanding […]
Read more »GERD-Lock: Nile Dam Talks Fail, Crisis Escalates
April 8th, 2021
Via Al Monitor, a report on the crisis around GERD: At his Senate confirmation hearing in January, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned that the crisis in Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) could “boil over” in the absence of a diplomatic resolution. It didn’t take long. ‘Last chance’ for diplomacy flops in Kinshasa. Egyptian […]
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