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Is UN Last Diplomatic Stop In Nile Dam Dispute?
July 4th, 2021
Via Al Monitor, an article on Egypt’s case to the UN Security Council that – without an agreement – the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam threatens peace and security in the region: Egypt has so far played the Nile Dam dispute with Ethiopia straight by the diplomatic book, seeking a solution via mediated negotiation, working with and […]
Read more »Sudan: “Open To Conditional Interim Deal On Ethiopia Dam”
June 15th, 2021
Via Reuters, a report that Sudan says it is open to conditional interim deal on Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance dam: Sudan is open to a partial interim agreement on Ethiopia’s multi-billion-dollar dam on the Blue Nile, with specific conditions, Irrigation Minister Yasir Abbas said on Monday. While Ethiopia is pinning its hopes of economic development and power […]
Read more »Challenges of Water Sharing in the Nile Basin: Critical Moments Approaching
June 14th, 2021
Via New Eastern Outlook, an article on the challenges of water sharing in the Nile Basin: Egypt and Sudan are supposed to adhere to a binding agreement on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), even amidst reports that Addis Ababa, for a second year, will fill its reservoir with less water than had previously been […]
Read more »Egypt Steps Up Action As Threat Of Water Scarcity Looms
June 10th, 2021
Via Al Monitor, a report on how Egypt is advancing a number of projects to address the water scarcity problem, at a time that tensions between Cairo and Addis Ababa are on the rise over the failure to reach an agreement on the operation and filling of Ethiopia’s controversial dam on the Blue Nile: Egypt has […]
Read more »An Emerging Nile Basin Security Organization
June 5th, 2021
Via Eurasia Review, an article on an emerging Nile Basin Security Organization: Egypt is taking a central role in the design of what may become a “Nile River security organization” or similar body to enforce freedom of water use. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi is creating not only a regional grouping around the perennial issue […]
Read more »Ethiopian PM’s Claim About Building 100 New Dams Provokes Egyptian Ire
June 2nd, 2021
Via All Africa, an article on the Ethiopian Prime Minister’s recent claims about building 100 new dams: Egyptian media broadcast an angry statement by Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ahmed Hafez criticizing Ethiopian Prime Minister Abi Ahmed’s declaration about building “100 new small and medium-sized dams” on waterways across his country during the next year. Hafez indicated the […]
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