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Egypt Considers Referring Renaissance Dam File To The Hague
March 27th, 2014
Via Al Monitor, a report on the bubbling tension between Egypt and Ethiopia over the Renaissance Dam: A general view shows construction activity on the Grand Renaissance Dam in Guba Woreda, Benishangul Gumuz region, March 16, 2014. The Specialized National Councils in Egypt filed an important report to the presidency, including a study about referring […]
Read more »Egypt Turns To Saudi For Help Over Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam
March 11th, 2014
Via Green Prophet, an update on tensions arising around the Grand Renaissance Dam: When all else fails, run to wealthy Saudi Arabia. That seems to be the prevailing thought among Egyptian officials at a loss to resolve the ongoing dispute with Ethiopia over Nile water rights. At one point it seemed that the two countries might […]
Read more »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 […]
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