June 9, 2021
Egypt has recently criticized the statements of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed regarding a plan to build dozens of additional dams in different parts of Ethiopia.
The statements come at a time when tensions are on the rise between Egypt and Ethiopia, in addition to Sudan, over a huge hydroelectric dam that Ethiopia is building on the Blue Nile, the main tributary of the Nile River. Egypt and Sudan fear their water share might be affected by the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), while Ethiopia claims the project is important for its development.
In a May 30 speech at the inauguration of the first stage of an expressway project in Ethiopia, Ahmed said that his country will build more than 100 small and middle-sized dams across different parts of the country during the new fiscal year.
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CAIRO: Any action taken by Ethiopia on the Renaissance Dam is a unilateral act that is rejected, an Egyptian government minister has said. Ethiopia began work on the 1.8-kilometer, multi-billion dollar dam in 2011. Egypt fears it will threaten its water supply from the Nile, while Sudan is concerned about the dam’s safety and its own water flow. Egypt’s Water Resources and
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