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Why is the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam contentious?
Economy, English, ExternalThe Economist | The project has been a source of disputes in north-east Africa for a decade
DAMS HAVE several uses. They generate electricity, store water for crop irrigation and help to prevent floods. They can also cause dispute and heartache—for…
Sudan: Further GERD filling ‘direct threat’ to national security
English, External, PoliticsAl Jazeera | Irrigation and water resources minister says the unilateral move by Ethiopia in July would ‘threaten the lives of half the population in central Sudan’.
Sudan has said neighbouring Ethiopia should not unilaterally go ahead…
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam generates grand hostility with Egypt
English, External, PoliticsDaily Maverik 168 | Can SA help to defuse the tensions growing over Ethiopia’s giant project on the Nile? Egypt fears it will cut water flow, on which it depends. But Sudan and Ethiopia need the power. The clock is ticking.
South Africa has…
As Ethiopia fills its Nile dam, regional rivalries overflow
English, External, PoliticsThe Christian Monitor | When African Union-mediated talks between Ethiopia, Egypt, and Sudan over a Nile River dam broke down yet again last month, it didn’t mark a new disagreement over sharing vital water resources.
Rather, it was a case…
Rising tension as Ethiopia and Sudan deadlocked on border dispute
Analysis, English, External, PoliticsAl Jazeera | Bickering over contested farmland along the border has in recent weeks deteriorated into armed clashes.
Age-old territorial claims are threatening to embroil Ethiopia and Sudan into armed conflict, as bickering over disputed strips…
Egypt: Countries must reach binding deal on Nile dam
English, External, News, PoliticsMEMO | Amid regional tension over the project, countries along the Nile must reach a legally binding agreement on the filling and operations of the Grand Ethiopia Renaissance Dam (GERD), or Hidase Dam, according to Egypt's president, Anadolu…
Foreign meddling as a source of state fragility in Ethiopia
English, External, Opinion, PoliticsMEMO Opinion | State fragility is a multidimensional concept that is often characterized by deficiencies in one or more areas of the core functions of the state: legitimacy, authority (competing claimants to power), and capacity (weak capacity…
Ethiopia Moves Artillery to Sudanese Border After Deadly Clashes
English, External, News, PoliticsBloomberg | Sudan delegation met Saudi officials to discuss crisis. Tension adds to dispute over construction of giant hydro dam.
Ethiopia moved heavy weapons to disputed territory on its border with Sudan, according to people familiar with…
How Egypt is supporting Sudan in border conflict
English, External, News, PoliticsAl-Monitor — A delegation from the Sudanese Sovereignty Council, headed by Lt. Gen. Shamseldin al-Kabashi and Director of the General Intelligence Service Jamal Abdul Majeed, visited Cairo Jan. 14, where they met with President Abdel Fattah…
Sudan Responds with Force to Border Attack from Ethiopia
English, External, News, PoliticsAsharq Al-Awsat | The Sudanese military responded with artillery fire to an attack from Ethiopia against its forces deployed on a share border region with its neighbor.
Ethiopian forces struck the Jabal Abutiour border region on Sunday. The…