Sunday, September 29, 2019

Ethiopia and Egypt Disagree on Terms for Filling the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

Al-Monitor posted on 24 September 2019 an article titled "Ethiopia Again Rejects Egypt's Vision for Renaissance Dam" by Ayah Aman.

Egypt has proposed filling the reservoir behind the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile over a period of seven years and guaranteeing that Ethiopia will release 40 billion cubic meters of water annually, irrespective of annual rainfall in the Nile basin. Ethiopia has not accepted this proposal. The article is written from an Egyptian point of view.