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Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: Tripartite Talks Resume
August 27th, 2014
Via Future Directions International, an update on the recently restarted discussions over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: Talks about the GERD froze in January this year, after Sudan publicly expressed support for the construction of the dam. Egypt and Ethiopia agreed to meet again in Khartoum on 25 August, to discuss issues and concerns about […]
Read more »Pakistan’s Largest City Thirsts For Water
August 24th, 2014
Via Philly.com, a report on Pakistan’s water crisis: In this Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014 photo, Pakistanis block a road with rocks during a protest against water and electricity shortages, in Karachi, Pakistan. On the outskirts of the slums of Pakistan’s biggest city, protesters burning tires and throwing stones have what sounds like a simple demand: […]
Read more »Islamic State Militants Threaten Turkey If Euphrates Water Supply Not Restored
August 12th, 2014
Via RT, a report on the Islamist militant group ISIS’ threats to Turkey over water supplies: The Haditha Dam Islamic State militants have directly threatened Turkey with violence as they swore to “liberate” Istanbul in order to reopen a dam on the Euphrates River. Water flow to parts of Syria and Iraq is at a […]
Read more »Three International Water Conflicts To Watch
August 11th, 2014
Via Geopolitical Monitor, a look at three regions where water conflicts have the potential for boiling over: China-India: The Brahmaputra River The Brahmaputra River is a 2,900 km river that originates in Tibet and flows through India’s Arunachal Pradesh state before merging with the Ganges and draining into the Bay of Bengal in Bangladesh. It […]
Read more »How The U.S. West Was Lost
August 6th, 2014
Via National Geographic, a report on the drought gripping the U.S. west: The Colorado River at it delta Just as the settling and development of the arid American West was fueled by harnessing its available fresh water, the growing lack of water availability may well be its undoing. California’s epic drought is just the latest […]
Read more »Iraq: Controlling Dams Key To Controlling The Country
July 30th, 2014
Via Future Directions International, another look at the role that dams and water are playing in the Iraqi crisis: In a recent statement, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Iraq, Nickolay Mladenov, warned against the use of dams as ‘an instrument of terror’ in the current conflict. As rebels from the Islamic […]
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