Can the U.S. Mediate Egypt and Ethiopia? Lessons from the Ethiopia – Eritrea Stalemate

By Fikrejesus Amahazion,, EARLIER this week, U.S. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats, questioned several expert witnesses at a hearing entitled “Water Sharing Conflicts and the Threat to International Peace.”[i] While the primary focus of the hearing was on the ongoing Ethiopia-Egypt Nile dispute, an extremely interesting […]

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Ethiopia’s Controversial Grand Dam Project and Egypt’s Predicament

“The only matter that could take Egypt to war again is water,” Anwar Sadat, Egypt’s second President By Stratfor, At the height of the Arab Spring in March 2011 when Egypt was consumed by domestic unrest, Ethiopia announced it would soon begin construction on a hydroelectric dam along the Blue Nile River, one of two […]

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Ethiopia’s Proposed Millennium Dam Designed by America in 1964

hornofafrica.de, DR. MAGHAWRY SHEHATA DIAB, Prof. of Hydrogeology and water resources and former president of Menoufiya University, Egypt, disclosed that the water storage capacity of the proposed “Renaissance” or “Millennium” dam in Ethiopia is not 63 billion cubic meters as previously declared by its prime minister instead not more than 15 billion cubic meters as […]

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AUDIO: የኤርትራው ፕሬዝደንት ኢትዮጵያ የአባይን ወንዝ መጠቀም መብቷና ተገቢ ነው አሉ (VOA)

VOA Amharic, የኤርትራው ፕሬዝደንት ኢሳያስ አፈወርቂ ለጋዜጠኞች የሰጡት መግለጫ ከስድስት ሰዓት የበለጠ ነው። በዚህ ውይይት ስለአገሪቱ የፖለቲካ ይዞታ፣ የውጭ ፖሊሲና በተለይ በድንበር ጉዳይ ላይ አተኩረዋል። በአባይ ጉዳይም ፕሬዝደንት ኢሳያስ ኢትዮጵያ በአባይ ወንዝ ልትጠቀም መነሳሳቷ ተገቢና ከመብትም አንጻር ሊረጋገጥ ይገባዋል ሲሉ ድጋፋቸውን ሰጥተዋል። የአባይን ውሃ የተፋሰሱ አገሮች በሚያስፈልጋቸው መጠን ሊጠቀሙና ሊያድጉበት ይገባል ብለዋል ፕሬዝደንት ኢሳያስ:: 

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