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Ethiopia: Dispelling The Curse Of The Nile
June 1st, 2013
Via Nazret.com, an Ethiopian’s view on the recent Nile river tensions: Since Ethiopia started building a large dam on the Nile River, it has been at the receiving end of a barrage of disinformation and mixed messages aimed at discouraging, frustrating and halting the construction. This means putting on hold the country’s growth and development […]
Read more »Ethiopia Diverts Water From the Nile River
May 28th, 2013
Via STRATFOR (subscription required), a report on Ethiopia’s decision to begin diverting water from the Blue Nile River so that construction could continue on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, a 6, 000-megawatt hydroelectric plant: Ethiopia’s decision to divert the Blue Nile River followed a meeting between Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi and Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam […]
Read more »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 »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 »The Dam That Divides Ethiopians
March 26th, 2013
Courtesy of the BBC, a detailed analysis of the domestic Ethiopian conflict and controversy surrounding the Gilgel Gibe III Dam: Most people in Ethiopia’s lower Omo River Valley continue to exist much as they have done for hundreds of years with virtually no concession to the 21st Century, with one disturbing exception: automatic weapons. Almost […]
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. […]
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