Downstream in Egypt, where the Nile meets the sea, a starkly different picture emerges: The dam is a giant, menacing barrier that could be used to hold back the source of nearly all the country ...

Egypt fears that any decrease in the Nile’s flow, even if minimal, could worsen its already critical water scarcity issues. The country has consistently expressed concerns over the dam’s ...

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Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

Egypt said that Ethiopia’s decision to unilaterally start operating the Renaissance Dam is a violation of the 2015 Declaration of Principles Dr. Mohamed Abdel-Aty, Minister of Water Resources ...

The Nile dam crisis is more than just a water dispute ... and strategic stakes between Ethiopia, Egypt, and Sudan. Trump Expels Hundreds Under Enemies Act as Court Rebukes Law Powerful Tugboats ...

Since then, nothing much has changed. On and off negotiations to reach a legally binding agreement on the filling and operation of GERD failed. Now the dam is a fact on the ground. Its reservoir has ...

The GERD is crucial to Ethiopia, which contributes at least 85 per cent of the Nile’s waters. This makes the dam vital for its economic development. Egypt’s reliance on outdated agreements ...

Researchers propose a framework for equitable sharing of the Nile's water and hydropower resources during extended drought periods. A new study proposes a science-based policy for operating the Nile ...

There were trips to a textile factory, Luxor and the Aswan High Dam. There was a state ... to Ulbricht went Egypt’s Great Collar of the Order of the Nile—and, to Ulbricht’s wife Lotte ...

As Ethiopia vows to fill the GERD for a second time this July, Egypt is no longer mincing its words when it comes to actions it is willing to take to mitigate any loss of access to the Nile. In this ...

WHEN the Aswan Dam was completed in 1902, very little was known about the discharge of large sluices of the type constructed at Aswan. By means of a large tank of 22,000 cubic metres capacity, the ...