Why Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia Disagree Over the Al Nahda Dam
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Aerial photograph of the Renaissance Dam in Ethiopia
With the passage of 9 years of negotiations, talks, and mediation attempts, differences still exist between Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan over the Renaissance Dam and the timetable for filling the dam, with mutual accusations of infringing on sovereignty and threatening the lives of millions.
Talks stalled again last week amid the three countries differences overfilling the dam. The most recent controversy was last July, when satellite images from the US-based Maxar Technology showed water gathering in the GERD reservoir, prompting Egyptian officials to seek urgent clarification. Neighboring Sudan also announced a drop in the water level along the river.
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April 7, 2021
CAIRO The round of negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam between the Egyptian, Sudanese and Ethiopian ministers of water and irrigation concluded April 6 without agreement in Kinshasa, Congo. No consensus was even reached to continue the diplomatic process to settle the unresolved disputes over the filling and operation of the dam.
Egyptian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Hafez said in a press statement after the meetings ended, “The meeting has not achieved any progress and will not result in an agreement on relaunching the negotiations. Ethiopia refused the Egyptian and Sudanese proposal to form an international quartet led by the Democratic Republic of Congo as mediator between the three countries.” He also said, “Ethiopia also refused a proposition that Egypt made during the closing session and Sudan supported to resume negotiations under the wing of the Congolese president and with the participation of observers.”
Egypt issues stark warning against Ethiopia over stalled Nile dam talks Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has recently warned against messing with Egypt’s rights to the Nile River waters, in the first such threat against Ethiopia since talks on Addis Ababa’s controversial Nile dam have stalled.
Egyptian Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouly (L) receives his Sudanese counterpart, Abdalla Hamdok, in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, on March 11, 2021.
April 1, 2021
CAIRO Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has directly threatened Ethiopia for the first time since the dispute erupted over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), amid the failed and stalled negotiation rounds under the auspices of the African Union (AU). “No one is allowed to take away a single drop of water from Egypt; no one can even imagine the instability that will ensue in the region if such a thing were to happen. No one should dare question our capabilities. But if they want to put us to the t