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Egypt-Ethiopia: Difficult Negotiations
February 20th, 2021
Via Near Eastern Outlook, analysis on the latest round of GERD negotiations: The latest round of Egyptian-Ethiopian negotiations over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), brokered by former African Union (AU) president Cyril Ramaphosa, ended without agreement, adding another episode to the chain of failed negotiations. Egypt accused Ethiopia of derailing the GERD negotiations and […]
Read more »The Dam That Broke Open an Ethiopia-Egypt Dispute
February 13th, 2021
Via the Carnegie Middle East Center, an article on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: In a phone conversation that took place in October 2020, then U.S. president Donald Trump warned Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok that Egypt might end up “blowing up” the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), the construction of which is progressing apace despite the […]
Read more »The Colorado River Crisis Is a National Crisis
February 8th, 2021
Via The New Republic, an article on how Colorado River drought and water supply issues could soon affect 12 percent of Americans: The Colorado River supports over 40 million people spread across seven southwestern states, 29 tribal nations, and Mexico. It’s responsible for the irrigation of roughly 5.5 million acres of land marked for agricultural […]
Read more »Sudan Warns Further Filling of Ethiopian Nile Dam Threatens National Security
February 8th, 2021
Via Terra Daily, a report on Sudan’s recent warnings over Ethiopia’s planned filling of its mega dam on the Blue Nile: Sudan warned Ethiopia Saturday against going ahead with the second phase of filling its mega dam on the Blue Nile, saying it would pose a “direct threat to Sudanese national security”. “If Ethiopia goes […]
Read more »Trouble Brews in South-East Asia as Thailand Rejects Laotian Dam Report
February 3rd, 2021
Via Future Directions International, a report on growing concerns around the environmental and economic viability of damming the Mekong River: On 15 January, a Chinese contractor for the planned Sanakham Dam in Laos submitted a revised technical report to the Thai National Mekong River Committee, in the hopes of reducing concerns surrounding the controversial project. According to […]
Read more »Egypt, Sudan Accuse Ethiopia of Stalling Nile Dam Talks
February 2nd, 2021
Via Al Monitor, a report on how Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan continue to trade accusations on the failure of the Nile dam talks, in what some say is an attempt to draw the attention of the new US administration into the regional file: Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has recently accused Ethiopia of obstructing negotiations to […]
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