Ethiopia

Nov

coronavirus, Egypt, Ethiopia, Nile Dam, Renaissance, Tigray People’s Liberation Front, water security

Ethiopian armed conflict may affect Nile Dam dispute

BY: George Mikhail PEJOURNAL - The armed conflict in Ethiopia could affect the Grand Ethiopian Nile Dam (Renaissance) file and slow down construction of the dam, which Egypt sees as a big threat to its water security. The armed conflict in Ethiopia between the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) has recently escalated. Tensions began to rise after the Tigray region rejected Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s decision to postpone the parliamentary elections because of the coronavirus pandemic and decided unilaterally to hold its own polls in September. On Nov. 5, Ahmed declared a wide-scale war on the…

The Ethiopia and Egypt Water Dispute: How likely are war threats to materialize?

Jul

Egypt, Ethiopia, Nile River, pejournal, Political Economy Journal, Renaissance Dam

The Ethiopia and Egypt Water Dispute: How likely are war threats to materialize?

BY: Begona Arechalde PEJOURNAL - Last week, Ethiopia and Egypt, two countries nourished by the waters of the Nile River, again exchanged threats of military intervention regarding the filling of the $4.5 billion hydroelectric dam that Ethiopia is building in the east of the country. The dam, known as the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and Africa’s largest, is becoming a contemporary Rubicon that, if crossed, could irreparably harm the relationship between these two countries. On Tuesday, July 21, a new round of online negotiations managed to reduce tensions, putting the cooperation option back on the table. The Grand Renaissance…