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Troubled Waters: Egypt, Ethiopia, And The Nile
March 6th, 2014
Via Foreign Policy, a report on the tension between Egypt and Ethiopia over a plan to dam the Nile River: Egypt’s musical-chairs government faces enough challenges. So why is a construction project almost 1,800 miles from Cairo provoking fears over Egypt’s national survival? Egypt and Ethiopia are butting heads over the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, […]
Read more »Egypt Plans Dam-Busting Diplomatic Offensive Against Ethiopia
February 28th, 2014
Via Terra Daily, a look at Egypt’s latest efforts to stop the construction of Ethiopia’s new Nile dam: Egypt may be in the throes of political turmoil, but the government has begun a diplomatic offensive aimed at stopping Ethiopia from building a huge hydroelectric dam on the Nile River that Cairo says will be a […]
Read more »Disagreement Persists on Ethiopia’s Planned Dam
January 6th, 2014
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), a detailed look at the latest disagreement over Ethiopia’s planned Nile dam: The latest round of negotiations among Sudan, Ethiopia and Egypt over Ethiopia’s planned Grand Renaissance Dam ended on Jan. 5 without the three sides reaching an agreement about how Egypt’s concerns would be addressed. Ethiopia is planning to […]
Read more »Conflict On The Nile: The Future Of Transboundary Water Disputes Over The World’s Longest River
November 25th, 2013
Via Future Directions International, an interesting article examining the shifting geostrategic currents in the Nile Basin and evaluating the potential for water crises and interstate conflict as upstream nations develop and Egypt’s reliance on the river increases: Key Points The Nile River has had a major impact on the interstate politics of the region through […]
Read more »Egyptian Farmers Fear Water Supply Threat From Ethiopian Dam
November 12th, 2013
Via Seed Daily, an article on the continuing tensions arising from the planned Renaissance Dam in Ethiopia: With an economy already in tatters, Egypt’s farmers fear the building of an upstream Nile dam in Ethiopia could lead to water shortages and crop failures with catastrophic effects on their livelihood. “We don’t want this dam,” says […]
Read more »Egypt And Ethiopia Disagree On Probe Of Nile Dam Impact
November 6th, 2013
Via Bloomberg, an update on the planned Renaissance dam: Egypt called for international experts to help prepare a new study on the regional impact of a $4.2 billion dam in Ethiopia, which said a team made up of officials from the two nations and Sudan is enough. Egypt wants “trusted international consultancies” to look into […]
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