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Egypt Dismisses Use Of Force To Solve The Nile River Conflict
May 12th, 2013
Via Pensa Latina, a report from Egypt regarding the possibility of force in resolving a lingering conflict over the Nile River: Egypt will not resort to force to resolve the dispute with Ethiopia on the quota of the Nile river water, assured the Defence Minister General Abdel Fattah el Sisi in statements cirdulated here today. […]
Read more »Eritrea Supports Egypt’s Position In Nile Water Dispute
April 20th, 2013
Via the Sudan Tribune, a report on Eritrea’s support of Egypt in the region’s ongoing dispute over the Nile: The Eritrean government said this week that it supports Egypt’s stance over a colonial-era treaty that granted Egypt a right to utilise the lions share of Nile river’s water resources. The Red Sea nation expressed its […]
Read more »Are Egypt, Ethiopia Headed Towards A Future War Over Water?
April 15th, 2013
Via Al Monitor, an article on the water tensions between Egypt and Ethiopia: In the coming years, Egypt and Ethiopia may be forced to fight a “water war†because Ethiopia’s ambitions contradict Egypt’s historical and legal rights in the Nile waters. Ethiopia can only be deterred by the regional and international balance of powers, which […]
Read more »Ethiopia And Saudi Arabia Argue Over Nile River Dam
March 15th, 2013
Via Bikya News, a report on recent tensions between Ethiopia and Saudi Arabia over the Renaissance dam project: Ethiopia has demanded that Saudi Arabia explain itself after a minister attacked the country over its massive Renaissance Nile River dam project, saying that the water rights of Sudan and Egypt would be threatened with its completion. […]
Read more »Nile Basin Relations: Egypt, Sudan And Ethiopia
March 3rd, 2013
From the Elliott School of International Affairs, a slightly dated – but comprehensive – overview of the Nile Basin relationships: Nile Geography and Hydrology The Nile River is the longest in the world while the Nile Basin covers 1.3 million square miles, making it slightly larger than India. There are ten riparian countries — Egypt, […]
Read more »Who Owns The Nile? Egypt, Sudan, And Ethiopia’s History-Changing Dam
February 22nd, 2013
Courtesy of Origins, an article on arguments over control of the Nile: Emperor Haile Selassie was offended by President Nasser’s exclusion of Ethiopia in the Nile Waters Agreement and in planning for building the Aswan Dam. He negotiated the 1959 divorce of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church from the Orthodox Church in Alexandria, ending 1600 years […]
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