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The Blue Nile: River of the Dammed
July 27th, 2020
Via Foreign Policy, a look at how geopolitics, water security, and health will keep the dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam alive for some time in the future: This month, Ethiopia completed the initial filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, a nearly $5 billion hydroelectricity project on the Blue Nile River. With 4.9 […]
Read more »Egypt Plans 47 Desalination Plants In Next 5 Years
July 21st, 2020
Via SmartWater Magazine, a report on Egypt’s planned desalination focus in the next five years: Egyptian authorities announced that the country will implement a five-year plan worth 45.18 billion Egyptian pounds (approximately US$2.8 billion) to construct 47 desalination plants, reports Afrik21. According to the media, this plan is in line with the policy of governments from Northern […]
Read more »Is Diplomacy Running Out On Egypt-Ethiopia Dispute Over Nile Dam?
July 18th, 2020
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), a look at the Grand Renaissance Dam and ongoing regional tensions over the Nile: A general view of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam near Guba, Ethiopia, on Dec. 26, 2019. The filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam’s reservoir was not initiated by Ethiopian government action, but rather the alignment […]
Read more »Why the Nile Constitutes a New Kind of Water Dispute – and Why That’s Dangerous
July 16th, 2020
Via The Center for Climate & Security, an article on the dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: Ever since workers first broke ground on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in 2011, international commenters have fixated on the Nile as a possible harbinger of future ‘water wars’ to come. And almost since then, water experts have […]
Read more »The Bitter Dispute Over Africa’s Largest Dam
July 11th, 2020
Courtesy of The Economist, a look at Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan’s struggle to share water: For Biruk Negafh, as for millions of Ethiopians, the summer rains may bring the climax of a decade’s work. As a high-school student in 2011 he bought 100-birr bonds (then worth $6 each) to help finance the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance […]
Read more »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 […]
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