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Is Ethiopia’s Latest Nile Dam Proposal Merely A Play For Time?
April 29th, 2021
Via Al Monitor, a look at the latest Ethiopian proposal on the Nile dam which some feel may merely be a play for time while the second filling of the dam proceeds: Ethiopia has proposed holding a meeting of the African Union Assembly in a bid to end the deadlock over the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam […]
Read more »Egyptian Foreign Minister on African Tour as Nile Dam Issues Loom
April 20th, 2021
Via Al Monitor, a report on the Egyptian foreign minister’s African tour as Nile dam issue loom: Egypt’s top diplomat is currently on a tour of African states. One reason for the blitz is to build support for Cairo’s position regarding the dispute over Ethiopia’s mega dam on the Nile River. Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry […]
Read more »Egypt, Sudan Refuse Ethiopian Proposal on Filling Nile Dam Reservoir
April 19th, 2021
Via Al Monitor, a report on how Egypt and Sudan refused Ethiopia’s proposal for a partial agreement to form a mechanism to exchange data about the measures to implement the next stage of filling the GERD reservoir: Following the failure of the Kinshasa talks — which according to Egyptian officials may have been the last chance to resolve the outstanding […]
Read more »Key Colorado River Reservoir Could Sink To Record Low Later This Year
April 19th, 2021
Via CNN, a report on new projections that show a key Colorado River reservoir could sink to a record low later this year: Wracked by drought, climate change and overuse, a key reservoir on the Colorado River could sink to historically low levels later this year, new US government projections show, potentially triggering significant water cutbacks in […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon and Parched Tiger: China’s Plans for Himalayan Super Dam Stoke Fears In India
April 13th, 2021
Via Terra Daily, another look at the China’s plans for a Himalayan super dam: China is planning a mega dam in Tibet able to produce triple the electricity generated by the Three Gorges — the world’s largest power station — stoking fears among environmentalists and in neighbouring India. The structure will span the Brahmaputra River before […]
Read more »GERD-Lock: Nile Dam Talks Fail, Crisis Escalates
April 8th, 2021
Via Al Monitor, a report on the crisis around GERD: At his Senate confirmation hearing in January, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned that the crisis in Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) could “boil over” in the absence of a diplomatic resolution. It didn’t take long. ‘Last chance’ for diplomacy flops in Kinshasa. Egyptian […]
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