It is one of Ethiopia's three dams built for the purposes of electricity production. After the failure of Egypt-Sudan-Ethiopia tripartite negotiations to resolve the crisis between the Nile basin countries, Ethiopia rejected the agreement achieved under the auspices of the USA.After several years of unsuccessful tripartite negotiations the countries in dispute sought assistance from external mediators – the United States of America and the World Bank (WB). Difficult negotiations led by the US Secretary of the Treasury However, the negotiations concerning the filling and operation of the dam held in Washington on 12 and 13 February 2020 soon came to a deadlock as Ethiopia turned down the signing of the agreement claiming that the US President In the joint statement of 29 February 2020 Ethiopian ministry of foreign affairs and ministry of energy and water confirmed that Addis Ababa would start filling the reservoir lake along with other construction works based on its right to equitable use of the Nile's water resources. Egypt and Ethiopia for years have been embattled in a bitter fight over the sharing of the water of Nile Basin—the priceless source of life for the arid regions of this part of the world, especially Egypt which is fully-dependent on the Nile for its existence.. Nile, the longest river on planet Earth has two main tributaries viz. Things are moving towards war, and what can only be postponed for several years until the project works at full capacity, and its real consequences will appear on public life in Egypt. Egypt is guilty of missing an opportunity.
reports which are available on this web site and which are provided by the IFIMES Ethiopia's proposed construction of dams on the headwaters of the Blue Nile led him to declare: "The only matter that could take Egypt to war again is water". Things are moving towards war, and what can only be postponed for several years until the project works at full capacity, and its real consequences will appear on public life in Egypt. Submitted by InfoBrics, authored by Lucas Leiroz, research fellow in international law at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro… The tension between Egypt and Ethiopia is worsening. We, too, are a shared community resource — a place to share skills, knowledge and interests through ongoing conversation.These are not hard and fast rules, merely guidelines to aid the human judgment of our community and keep this a clean and well-lighted place for civilized public discourse.Help us make this a great place for discussion by always working to improve the discussion in some way, however small. Egypt is afraid of a temporarily reduced inflow during the filling of the reservoir lake and also of the permanently reduced water flow due to the evaporation from the dam. That’s fine.
But remember to Instead, provide reasoned counter-arguments that improve the conversation. Eritrea weighs role in Egypt-Ethiopia dispute over Nile dam.