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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 »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 »Water Grabbers: A Global Rush On Freshwater And Saudi Arabia’s Great Thirst; The Kingdom Stakes A Claim On The Nile
January 12th, 2013
Via National Geographic, an interesting look at Saudi Arabia’s efforts to utilize part of the Nile’s water: Papyrus reed boats cross the Blue Nile River in Ethiopia, where some people claim their water is being handed over to Saudi business interests. The cows appear on the horizon like a mirage. Drive about a hundred miles […]
Read more »Disputes Between Jordan and Saudi Arabia Over the al-Disi Aquifer
December 29th, 2010
Via Green Prophet, an update on Jordan’s long planned water conveyance project to bring water from an underground aquifer near its border with Saudi Arabia. As the article notes: “…[it] is now closer to reality with the arrival of 200 km of pipeline from Turkey, according to a December 20 article in the Jordan Times. […]
Read more »Are Gulf Nations Burying Their Heads In The Sand Over Water?
January 20th, 2010
Via The Financial Times, an interesting look at how energy and water-intensive lifestyles have pushed the Gulf states into a freshwater crisis. As the article notes: “…Standing in one of the many farms that line Bahrain’s northern coast, it is easy to forget that this is technically a desert island. Between the ranks of date […]
Read more »No Deal: Madagascar Ends Water Export Scheme With Saudi Arabia
November 15th, 2009
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, an interesting look at how the politics of water dried up a proposed sale of water from Madagascar to Saudi Arabia. As the article notes: “…Madagascar’s government has ended a water export deal with Saudi Arabia because it was opposed by environmental, civil society groups in the country. …The deal […]
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