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Egypt: Leverage Over The Nile Washes Away
December 20th, 2017
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), a detailed look at the impact of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on Egypt: Highlights Egypt will continue to maintain an aggressive tone against Ethiopia on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in an attempt to force Ethiopia to capitulate to Cairo’s demands, but the dam will be completed. Over the […]
Read more »Egypt’s Ambitious Desalination Plans
December 7th, 2017
Via Global Water Intelligence, an article on Egypt’s ambitious desalination plans: The minister responsible for Egypt’s water infrastructure has said the country plans to build 1 million m3/d of seawater desalination capacity over the next five years alone as the country looks to make coastal areas independent from the Nile water supply. Housing minister Moustafa […]
Read more »Egypt Warns Ethiopia Nile Dam Dispute ‘Life or Death’
November 20th, 2017
Via the New York Times, a report on the growing tension over the Nile between Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan: Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, for the second time in as many days, delivered on Saturday a stern warning to Ethiopia over a dam it is building after the two countries along with Sudan failed to approve […]
Read more »Death of the Nile
October 13th, 2017
Via BBC, a look at the plight facing the Nile River: The world’s longest river is sick – and getting sicker Booming populations have dirtied and drained it, while climate change threatens to cut its flow.And some fear that competition over its dwindling waters could trigger a regional conflict. The rains The rot starts at […]
Read more »Impact Of Climate Change On The Nile
August 4th, 2017
Courtesy of The Economist, a look at the impact of climate change upon the Nile and the need for Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan to learn to share water, or their people will suffer: TO THE untrained eye, the satellite photos of north-west Ethiopia on July 10th may have seemed benign. They showed a relatively small […]
Read more »Climate Change Will Likely Worsen Tension Over Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
May 6th, 2017
Via E&E News, a look at the role that climate change could have in fostering increased water conflict in Africa: Climate change could play a role in exacerbating water conflict in Africa, likely worsening geopolitical wrangling over issues like the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. The dam, a 6,450-megawatt hydropower project that’s nearing completion just miles […]
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