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After failing at the UN, Sisi turns to MBZ for GERD support

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“The Renaissance Dam – a national symbol but a regional quandary”

Ethiopia

The Renaissance Dam – a national symbol but a regional quandary

Although the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is due to come into service in 2021, no agreement has yet been found by Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan regarding their respective rights to the waters of the River Nile. For nearly a decade, the great Ethiopian dam has been a source of tension between the three countries. Ethiopia sees the €4bn project, which has been entirely financed by Ethiopian taxpayers but has not yet been completed, as a means of making itself self-sufficient in energy and affirming its power in the region. [...]

The second phase of filling the vast Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam started on 5 July. Egypt, which failed to convince the UN to take up the issue, is doing all it can to get the UAE strongman to block Addis. [...]

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Egypt is preparing a major conference on water issues in Cairo in October with several African heads of state. Its aim is to find new markets for Egyptian companies but also allies to help it block next year's planned third filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.

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The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile in Ethiopia.

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A UN Security Council meeting on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is being held in New York this Thursday, at Tunisia's request. Egypt is pushing hard for the adoption of a resolution on the issue, despite a lack of consensus between the council's African members.

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Sisi tries containment tactics against Abiy's Renaissance dam

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Emirates seek to mediate between Sisi, Abiy, and Hamdock over GERD mega-dam

Emirati Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed has already offered to mediate between Sudan and Ethiopia in their dispute over the Al Fashaqa border region. He is now hoping to use his influence over the Egyptian, Sudanese, and Ethiopian regimes to try to resolve their thorny conflict over the Grand Renaissance Ethiopian Dam.

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From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

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Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Egypt, Ethiopia
After failing at the UN, Sisi turns to MBZ for GERD support

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Addis and Cairo's communication war heats up

Spotlight | Africa, Egypt
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