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GERD: Ethiopia Digs In As Egypt Draws Red Line On Nile Dams
September 14th, 2026
Via The Africa Report, a look at how- amid the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam’s anniversary celebrations – Abiy Ahmed’s government plans three more Nile dams, and Cairo is threatening to block them: A year after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed inaugurated the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) at an international ceremony, his government is celebrating a startling success. […]
Read more »Litigation Flows: The Colorado River Enters the Courts
September 5th, 2026
Via Invisible Waters, a look at Nevada’s legal suit against the federal government over its shortage plan: Over the past few years, negotiations over the Colorado River’s new operating rules occurred mostly behind closed doors, with little official record-keeping. But based on the public rhetoric, if you were to make a guess, Nevada would have […]
Read more »The War for the Rio Grande
September 4th, 2026
Courtesy of Texas Monthly, a look at Rio Grande crisis: Some three hundred farmers bushwhacked up a steep hillside through the desert thornbush. Scrambling on all fours, they had to avoid the sharp stones wedged into the sunbaked earth, though some of them collected the rocks to use as weapons. The unforgiving September sun felt […]
Read more »China and Egypt’s New Power Play: What Xi Jinping’s Cairo Visit Means for the Nile
September 3rd, 2026
Via Modern Diplomacy, commentary on what Xi Jinping’s recent visit to Cairo means for the Nile: The timing of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Egypt in September 2026, coinciding with the signing of the (New Strategic Partnership Framework) between Ethiopia and the United States in August 2026, holds significant geopolitical importance. It serves as […]
Read more »What the New Rules for a Shrinking Colorado River Mean for Tribal Nations
September 1st, 2026
Via High Country News, a look at what the new rules for a shrinking Colorado River mean for tribal nations: Between the red rock canyon walls of the Colorado River, Aniston Hanks, 20, stood in the water while her best friend, Shauna Belone, 21, sat along the river’s shore. The two Diné citizens spent part […]
Read more »Fearing ‘Catastrophic Impacts’ From Water Cuts, Nevada Sues Feds Over Colorado River Plan
September 1st, 2026
Via Inside Climate News, a report on Nevada’s plans to sue the Trump administration’s ten-year strategy for how to stabilize use of the Colorado River: Three days was all it took for the Trump administration’s Colorado River plan to see a legal challenge from, somewhat ironically, Nevada. Of the seven states that rely on the […]
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