, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam will be nearly twice as tall as the Statue of Liberty and as wide as the Brooklyn Bridge is long. The reservoir behind it is roughly the size of London. Sitting on the Blue Nile, the main tributary of the Nile river, the dam is the largest hydro-electric project in Africa. Soon it will produce 6,000 megawatts of electricity, more than double Ethiopia’s output today.
In between all the sabre-rattling the three countries have held talks over how fast to fill the reservoir, how much water will be released and how to resolve any future disagreements. So far no deal has been reached. But the latest round comes with a deadline of sorts: Ethiopia says it will begin filling the reservoir behind the dam later this month. Egypt has vowed to use “all means available” to protect its interests . All sides will have to make concessions if conflict is to be avoided.
Belligerence in Cairo has led to stubbornness in Addis Ababa, where officials are seeking a quick return on their $5bn investment. They think Egypt is stuck in the past, attached to defunct treaties that allowed it to dominate the Nile. Meanwhile, around half of Ethiopians do not have access to electricity. The government hopes the dam will raise Ethiopia out of poverty. So it says it will begin filling the reservoir with or without an agreement.
The three sides are said to have reached 90% of a deal. They can agree on what to do when there is enough rain. The dispute is over how to manage the dam when there isn’t. Ethiopia feels it is being forced to run its reservoir down too much during periods of drought. It would rather take things year by year and settle any disagreements through negotiations. Egypt and Sudan want commitments now, and prefer binding international arbitration to settle disputes.
tesfamaryam21 Ethiopia’s been forced into sharing 100% of its NileRiver. Egypt’s the one that needs to be taught the so called sharing. The whole world’s been ganging up against Ethiopia, just ask & put yourself in Ethiopia’s shoes & try to walk a mile so you can see the gross injustice.
tweetofmicky “Must learn” 😂😂🤣🤣😝whitesupremacist think that Ethiopians must follow abide worship whites, and lu we under their order. The water is Ethiopian natural resource, Ethiopia must have its own priority over any other nation. Then Comes Sudan, Egypt is last.
Wow. Humongous. I wonder whose paying for this?
hope this will not lead to further war over water
Four hundered billion lent to Pakistan billions lent to Nepal ,Sri Lanka, Ethiopia ,Myanmar Africans bought and vast tracts of land now property of china bought baluchistan,kashmir will be taken from Pakistan in payment all those countries bankrupt can never pay back those loans
DAM! That’s big
nice
Water as a resource should be priced,this will end all these conflicts,with Egypt paying for the water flowing downstream!
So the average American has an idea of the since of a dam. In Ethiopia.
الَّذِينَ يَجْتَنِبُونَ كَبَائِرَ الْإِثْمِ وَالْفَوَاحِشَ إِلَّا اللَّمَمَ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ وَاسِعُ الْمَغْفِرَةِ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِكُمْ إِذْ أَنشَأَكُم مِّنَ الْأَرْضِ وَإِذْ أَنتُمْ أَجِنَّةٌ فِي بُطُونِ أُمَّهَاتِكُمْ ۖ فَلَا تُزَكُّوا أَنفُسَكُمْ ۖ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ اتَّقَىٰ
Ethiopia massive dam project is ChinaMade - expect to have massive catastrophe within 10 years.
Chinese dam
Dear Egypt, don’t get excited about the recent chaos in Ethiopia. We are in a time in history where literally NOTHING will stop us from filling the dam ! This is Egypt government work at 9:30 meeting going onUNSC we lost beloved brother exact time FILLTHEDAM ItIsMyDam GERD
One of China’s newest satellite states
....and may lead to a war over water with Egypt......just saying.
Egypt must learn to share
Egypt is the one nation holding the deal hostage, thinking that it will stop Ethiopia from realizing its intent to use its own natural resources for development and its betterment and of its neighbors. The region as a whole will benefit from GERD. Egypt is selfish. FILLTHEDAM
Can you tell us how Ethiopia can share zero percent ? Ethiopia has no share right now! Egypt and Sudan must learn to share.
Trite as it may always sound, sharing is caring!
Egypt must learn how to share the Nile river GERD.
PEOPLE OF THE WORLD Will you please standup and support the most peaceful people on earth the Tibetans, lead by The DalaiLama ? We must push the treacherous Chinese out of Tibet and restore Tibetans rights & freedom. Else History is going to call all of us shameless cowards.
They are scrambling for water which its source is in East Africa. What about Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania start major projects along lake Victoria?
On me say a uganda citizen
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