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Why Somalia Is Important For Egypt In Nile Dam Crisis

#Egypt seeks to #consolidate #relations with #Somalia for its important role in the #NileDam #crisis and to counter #Turkish influence in the #HornOfAfrica. #Somaliland #Ethiopia #GERD

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The Nile River...

The world’s largest river, which has 700,000 gallons of water flowing down river per second has been occupied and used by Egyptians for over 5,000 years. They build cities on the river and damns to their the water in these cities. 

Today Egypt has the Aswan Dam which provides a small amount of energy and relies on the river for a significant amount of fresh water. The farmers rely on the river for agriculture as well. The Nile faces to major dangers in Egypt, salt water from the sea and Ethiopia’s Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam being built. Through rising Mediterranean Sea levels and land subsidence the river is facing salt level rises. Farmers have already started to see the affects of higher salt levels decreasing their crop output. 

Ethiopia started building their great dam in 2011 with their competition date having been pushed back to mid 2020 (which will probably be changed due to Covid-19). The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is placed on the Blue Nile in Ethiopia, which provides 85% of the Nile’s water supply. When the dam is filled up it will to create a water area size more then double the Hoover Dam’s Lake Mead. Egypt is not thrilled with the building of the dam due to a reduction of water supply during the filling years.

The two countries have been meeting for years trying to settle over an agreed filling time frame, Ethiopia wants to fill the area in 6 years while Egypt is proposing they do it in closer to 20 years. The longer Ethiopia takes to fill their intended area the less of a water level drop Egypt will see over those years. 

Although this is not exactly a before and after post, this is a before and during post. This dam will cause some amount of damage to the Egyptian people no matter how fast the area is filled up.

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Kenya will purchase electricity from Ethiopia's mega dam.

Kenya will purchase electricity from Ethiopia’s mega dam.

Kenya is to purchase electricity from Ethiopia’s massive River Nile dam, which started producing electricity for the first time last weekend. Electricity exports to neighboring nations and beyond are expected to bring in roughly $1 billion (£746 million) each year. A new deal between the two neighbors was reached earlier this month. Kenya’s commitment to how much power and at what cost is still…

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This Week in Prophecy: Iraqi PM Drama, Ezekiel 38-39 Military Build, Ethiopia; US & S Korea Air Games, COVID Response in China & Australia

This Week in Prophecy: Iraqi PM Drama, Ezekiel 38-39 Military Build, Ethiopia; US & S Korea Air Games, COVID Response in China & Australia

This Week in Prophecy An assassination attempt was made on Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi. Efforts failed and al-Kadhimi survived. Riots have taken place near the Green Zone in Baghdad. Isaiah 13 prophecies of a time of complete desolation of the area in the Day of the Lord. Modern day Iraq is a prophetic hot spot for the end times scenario. Military hardware continues to pour into…

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The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, located on the Blue Nile River in Ethiopia, has been under construction since 2011 and is expected to be complete in 2023. It impounds the Millennium Reservoir, which has been filling since 2020, and will harness hydroelectricity to bring power to nearly half of Ethiopians. The dam has created controversy with downriver countries like Sudan and Egypt, who are concerned about drought as the reservoir is rapidly filled.

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Pope Francis calls for dialogue between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan over Nile dam | World News

Pope Francis calls for dialogue between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan over Nile dam | World News

Vatican City: Pope Francis called for dialogue between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan on Saturday, urging them not to let a dispute over a dam on the Nile lead to conflict.

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, which is being built some 15 km (9 miles) from Ethiopia`s border with Sudan, has become a major source of discord between the three countries.

“I invite all parties involved to continue on the…

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Nile states end talks on Africa’s largest dam with no deal

Nile states end talks on Africa’s largest dam with no deal

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A round of negotiations between three key Nile basin countries over Ethiopia’s contentious hydroelectric dam ended on Monday with no agreement, according to Egyptian and Sudanese officials.

The setback sunk modest hopes that the three countries could resolve their differences and ink an agreement before Ethiopia begins to fill its $4.6 billion hydroelectric dam. Ethiopia had previously…

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US Appoints Special Envoy To Horn Of Africa

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The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia officially declared its support for Egypt’s position in the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) crisis, backing all measures taken by Cairo to protect its national security regarding this crisis.

Riyadh has strong economic influence in Addis Ababa and highly values Egypt’s cooperation on many issues, including the confrontation with Iran. [...]

The Saudi side expressed its full solidarity with the Arab Republic of Egypt in all the measures it takes to protect its national security.” [...]

Of note, the trade exchange between Ethiopia and Saudi Arabia increased by about $577 million from 2015 to 2020, and Saudi Arabia is the third largest investor in Ethiopia. Around 229 Saudi investors invest in various sectors in Ethiopia.

The Saudi stance on the GERD comes in light of Emirati-Saudi competition especially for obtaining investments and buying assets in Egypt. For its part, Cairo is tapping into Saudi support on the GERD crisis to counter the United Arab Emirates’ stance, which seems to have taken a neutral stance. [...]

Meanwhile, Saudi support for Cairo on the GERD triggered more discontent between Saudi Arabia and the UAE, pushing Egypt and the kingdom closer.

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Dam Upstream Leaves Egypt Fearing for Its Lifeline, the Nile

AP, Oct. 2, 2017

CAIRO--The only reason Egypt has even existed from ancient times until today is because of the Nile River, which provides a thin, richly fertile stretch of green through the desert.

Now, for the first time, the country fears a potential threat to that lifeline, and it seems to have no idea what to do about it.

Ethiopia is finalizing construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, its first major dam on the Blue Nile, and then will eventually start filling the giant reservoir behind it to power the largest hydroelectric dam in Africa.

Egypt fears that will cut into its water supply, destroying parts of its precious farmland and squeezing its population of 93 million people, who already face water shortages.

Dam construction on international rivers often causes disputes over the downstream impact.

But the Nile is different: few nations rely so completely on a single river as much as Egypt does. The Nile provides over 90 percent of Egypt’s water supply. Almost the entire population lives cramped in the sliver of the Nile Valley. Around 60 percent of Egypt’s Nile water originates in Ethiopia from the Blue Nile, one of two main tributaries.

Egypt hardly gets by with the water it does have. It has one of the lowest per capita shares of water in the world, some 660 cubic meters a person. The strain is worsened by inefficiency and waste. With the population expected to double in 50 years, shortages are predicted to become severe even sooner, by 2025.

Egypt already receives the lion’s share of Nile waters: more than 55 billion of the around 88 billion cubic meters of water that flow down the river each year. It is promised that amount under agreements from 1929 and 1959 that other Nile nations say are unfair and ignore the needs of their own large populations.

Complicating the situation, no one has a clear idea what impact Ethiopia’s dam will actually have. Addis Ababa insists it will not cause significant harm to Egypt or Sudan downstream.

Much depends on the management of the flow and how fast Ethiopia fills its reservoir, which can hold 74 billion cubic meters of water. A faster fill means blocking more water, while doing it slowly would mean less reduction downstream.

Once the fill is completed, the flow would in theory return to normal. Egypt, where agriculture employs a quarter of the work force, is worried that the damage could be long-lasting.

One study by a Cairo University agriculture professor estimated Egypt would lose a staggering 51 percent of its farmland if the fill is done in three years. A slower, six-year fill would cost Egypt 17 percent of its cultivated land, the study claimed.

Internal government studies estimate that for every reduction of 1 billion cubic meters of water, 200,000 acres of farmland would be lost and livelihoods of 1 million people affected, since an average of five people live off each acre, a senior Irrigation Ministry official said. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the figures.

Other experts say the impact will be far smaller, even minimal. They say Egypt could suffer no damage at all if it and Ethiopia work together and exchange information, adjusting the rate of filling the reservoir to ensure that Egypt’s own massive reservoir on the Nile, Lake Nasser, stays full enough to meet its needs during the fill.

Unfortunately, that isn’t happening so far.

“To my knowledge, this situation is unique, particularly at this scale,” said Kevin Wheeler at the Oxford University’s Environmental Change Institute. “I just can’t think of another case that has two large reservoirs in series without a plan on how to operate them together.”

For Ethiopia, the $5 billion dam is the realization of a long-delayed dream. Ethiopia’s infrastructure is among the least developed in the world, leaving most of its 95 million people without access to electricity. The hydroelectric dam is to have a capacity to generate over 6,400 Megawatts, a massive boost to the current production of 4,000 Megawatts.

The dam, around 60 percent complete, is likely to be finished this year or early next. Ethiopia has given little information on when it will start the fill or at what rate.

A high-ranking government official acknowledged there’s little Egypt can do. “We can’t stop it and in all cases, it will be harmful to Egypt,” he said, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the talks.

Salman Salman, a Sudanese water expert, said Egypt has long had an attitude of “this is our river and no one can touch it.”

Now, he said, “Egypt is no longer the dominant force along the Nile. Ethiopia is replacing it.”

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AFRICANGLOBE – Ethiopian Authorities on Tuesday said they had stopped international cyber-attack attempts targeting the massive Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and the country’s major financial institutions.

https://www.africanglobe.net/africa/ethiopia-cyber-attack-nile-dam-banks/

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Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam under construction

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2.20.22 Headlines

WORLD NEWS

Ukraine: Roughly 75% of Russian conventional forces deployed against Ukraine (CNN)

“The concentration of forces within striking distance of Ukraine is highly unusual and part of the reason the US believes Russia is ready to attack, the official said. This includes some 120 of Russia's total estimated 160 Battalion Tactical Groups or BTGs which are positioned within 60km of Ukraine, according to the official. While that figure represents 75% of Russia’s principal combat units, it is less than half of the total troops in the Russian military.”

Ethiopia: Starts generating power from River Nile dam (BBC)

“The $4.2bn (£3.8bn) dam, located in the western Benishangul-Gumuz region, has been a source of contention between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan since its construction started in 2011. Sudan and Egypt fear the project could reduce their share of Nile waters. Ethiopia insists the dam is key to its development. The so-called Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (Gerd) is Africa's biggest hydroelectric project to date.”

United Kingdom: Queen Elizabeth II tests positive for Covid; mild symptoms (AP)

“Queen Elizabeth II tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday and is experiencing mild, cold-like symptoms, Buckingham Palace said, adding that she still plans to carry on working. The diagnosis prompted concern and get-well wishes from across Britain’s political spectrum for the famously stoic 95-year-old. Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and a fixture in the life of the nation, the queen reached the milestone of 70 years on the throne on Feb. 6, the anniversary of the 1952 death of her father, King George VI. She will turn 96 on April 21.”

US NEWS

Rent: ‘Insane’ levels across US with no end in sight (AP)

“In the 50 largest U.S. metro areas, median rent rose an astounding 19.3% from December 2020 to December 2021, according to a Realtor.com analysis of properties with two or fewer bedrooms. And nowhere was the jump bigger than in the Miami metro area, where the median rent exploded to $2,850, 49.8% higher than the previous year.”

Crime: There were at least 5 NYC subway stabbings after mayor unveiled new safety plan (CNN)

“Five people were stabbed in separate incidents in New York City subway stations this weekend since officials on Friday vowed to combat crime and address homelessness in the city's transit system as part of a new public safety initiative, according to the New York Police Department. No arrests have been made in connection to any of the incidents, and all five victims are in stable condition, a NYPD spokesperson told CNN on Sunday.”

Afghanistan: Last Afghan refugees leave NJ base after chaotic evacuation (AP)

“The last of thousands of Afghan refugees who awaited resettlement at eight U.S. military installations departed Saturday from a base in New Jersey, completing a journey that started with the chaotic evacuation from Kabul in August. With assistance from refugee resettlement organizations, Afghans evacuated after their country fell to the Taliban have been gradually leaving the military bases in recent months and starting new lives in communities throughout the United States. The U.S. admitted 76,000 Afghans as part of Operation Allies Welcome, the largest resettlement of refugees in the country in decades.”

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Sudan: At Nile's convergence, fears and hopes over giant dam

"I consider the Nile something I have not parted with since I was born," al-Ameen said, as workers around him shaped bricks with blistered hands and laid them out to dry in the sun. "I eat from it, I farm with it. And I extract these bricks from it."

But the labourers on Tuti Island in Sudan's capital, Khartoum, fear a giant dam Ethiopia is building close to the border between the two countries could endanger their livelihood.

They worry the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam upstream could weaken the Blue Nile's force, putting at risk an industry that locals say provided bricks for some of Khartoum's first modern public buildings about a century ago.

Pottery makers, farmers and fishermen around the Nile's convergence share similar concerns, though other residents displaced by flooding last summer see a benefit in a dam that will regulate the powerful river's waters.

The dam "will stabilise the Nile and we will get less flooding", said Mutasim al-Jeiry, a 50-year-old potter in a village outside Khartoum's twin city of Omdurman, where workers craft jars with clay from the river."But on the other hand, we will get less clay and less water. Farmers, brick and pottery makers will be seriously affected," he predicted.

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America's Department of State recently suspended $130 million worth of aid to Ethiopia because of "a lack of progress" on negotiations pertaining to the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the River Nile.

According to state department officials, the decision to cut aid came as a result of a direct "guidance" from President Donald Trump.

Estimates show that almost half of Ethiopia's budget is linked to foreign aid. The country depends on economic assistance to support its infrastructure projects, health care and education expansion efforts, and security sector reforms.

By suspending some aid, the United States has reopened the debate on whether developing countries should depend on foreign aid to realise their economic goals.

The decision to suspend aid to Ethiopia comes after almost 10 years of regional and international efforts to mediate the dam dispute between Egypt and Ethiopia. Almost 60% of Ethiopians do not have access to electricity. The renaissance dam is critical to expand energy sources across the country. The country will also export hydroelectric power to its neighbours.

Since the construction of the dam began in 2011, Egypt has exerted international pressure to manage and slow down the process. The US has sided with Egypt over Ethiopia.

The US has openly pressured Ethiopia to accept some of the Egyptian demands, including extending the time frame to fill the dam. Such demands are unacceptable to Ethiopia's scientists who advise the government that the time to fill the dam is now.

President Trump's foreign policy strategy towards the dam and Ethiopia has been demonstrably biased. This despite the fact that over 85% of the Blue Nile waters flow from Ethiopia into Sudan and Egypt.

Thanks to Egypt's successful lobbying, Ethiopia has never received any international financing for the construction of the dam. Ethiopian taxpayers are footing the bill.

But besides direct financial contributions, Ethiopians are invested emotionally. Ethiopia is a proud nation that has resisted foreign invasion throughout its history. That sense of national pride has generated countrywide support for the dam.

It serves America's interests in the Middle East to side with Egypt's concerns. Unfortunately, Trump's decision to stand against Ethiopia in the renaissance dam dispute has two broad implications at the state and continental level.

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Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan to agree Nile dam deal in weeks

Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan to agree Nile dam deal in weeks

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Leaders of Sudan, Ethiopia and Egypt said they were hopeful that the African Union could help them broker a deal to end a decade-long dispute over water supplies within two or three weeks.

Ethiopia, which is building the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) which worries its downstream neighbours Egypt and Sudan, said it would fill the reservoir in a few weeks, as planned, providing…