Nile Basin researcher Mohammed Basheer discusses the environmental and economic impacts of the dam.
Egypt’s per capita share of water has steadily fallen for decades
For the US proposal to become a reality, Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia must first make major concessions
Blue Nile Cascade project: An ‘East African energy hub’ or a catalyst for ‘direct confrontation’ on the Nile Fulfilling a decades-long plan…
Water began to return this week to Hurghada, the coastal city in the Red Sea Governorate, after a total outage that lasted…
Addis Ababa has gradually filled the dam's reservoir over the past three summers
The move fits into the state's efforts to centralize and securitize control over land and resources
Ethiopia increases the dam capacity, raising alarm downstream
Egypt is planning to dramatically decrease the amount of land allocated to rice production next year.
«Media pundits still debate the dam's validity, ignoring wider issues of water scarcity»
«There may not be enough water for everybody to get all they want from the Nile’s waters, but sharing the burdens as well as the benefits…»
«Ethiopia is forging ahead with the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue Nile, which it began more than three years ago,…»
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