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The Renaissance Dam, after the Security Council
July 15th, 2021
Via Cairo Review, an article on Egypt and Sudan continued insistence on a tripartite agreement to manage Ethiopia’s contentious plan to execute its Renaissance dam on the Nile: On July 8, the United Nations Security Council convened in response to a call by Tunisia, its Arab non-permanent member, to discuss Egyptian and Sudanese objections to Ethiopia’s […]
Read more »Egypt To Security Council: Ethiopian Dam An ‘Existential Threat’
July 12th, 2021
Via Al Monitor, a report on continuing disagreements over the GERD Nile Dam: Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry didn’t mince words in making his case Thursday to the UN Security Council that the dispute with Ethiopia over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). “Egypt — a nation of over 100 million souls — is facing an existential threat,” Shoukry told […]
Read more »Ethiopia Begins Second Filling of Nile Dam
July 8th, 2021
Via Al Monitor, a report that Ethiopia has informed Egypt, Sudan that the second filling of Nile dam has begun: The diplomatic row over Ethiopia’s mega-dam on the Nile River continued this week with the reported start of the second filling of the dam and a disagreement on the Arab League’s role in the dispute. Sudan’s […]
Read more »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 […]
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