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Egypt Accuses Ethiopia of Holding It “Hostage” in Nile Dam Talks
June 16th, 2020
Via Terra Daily, an update on the dispute between Egypt and Ethiopia over the Grand Ethiopia Renaissance Dam: Egypt said Saturday that tripartite talks with Ethiopia and Sudan over a controversial mega-dam on the River Nile were deadlocked because of Addis Ababa’s “intransigence”. The Grand Ethiopia Renaissance Dam (GERD) has been a source of tension […]
Read more »Eternal Dam-nation: How Ethiopia and Egypt Are Pushing Each Other To The Brink Over The Nile
June 3rd, 2020
Via Quartz, a report on how Ethiopia and Egypt are pushing each other to the brink in a battle for control on the river Nile: When Ethiopia, this week, criticized the Egyptian government for its “unprincipled” stand on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) it raised the stakes on one of the Africa’s most contentious diplomatic […]
Read more »Pakistan Forges Ahead With Diamer-Basha Dam With China’s Support
May 24th, 2020
Via Eurasia Review, commentary on a joint Chinese – Pakistani venture to develop a new dam on the Indus River: Pakistan signed on May 14 a 442 billion Pakistan rupees contract for a joint venture with the Chinese state-run China Power and Frontier Works Organisation (FWO), the commercial arm of the Pakistan military. The deal was […]
Read more »Hydropower In Asia: Water Torture?
May 23rd, 2020
Via The Economist, a look at how China – if it won’t build fewer dams – could at least share information with farmers and fisherman in downstream countries: Rivers flow downhill, which in much of Asia means they start on the Tibetan plateau before cascading away to the east, west and south. Those steep descents provide the ideal setting […]
Read more »South-East Asia’s Biggest River Is Drying Up
May 18th, 2020
Via The Economist, a sobering report on the Mekong: Fish writhe frantically in the shallow pool, as their schoolmates stranded on the exposed sandbar breathe their last. It is November, the end of the monsoon season, yet the water in the Mekong river is perilously low. On this stretch, in north-eastern Thailand, the bank is […]
Read more »Sudan Rejects Ethiopia Proposal To Sign Nile Mega-Dam Agreement
May 16th, 2020
Via Al Jazeera, a report on Sudan’s recent rejection of Ethiopia’s proposal to sign Nile mega-dam agreement: Sudan has rejected an Ethiopian proposal to sign an initial agreement greenlighting the filling of a controversial mega-dam, calling its neighbour to resume the stalled United States-brokered negotiations on the issue. On Tuesday, Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok said […]
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