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A Major Dam Project in Ethiopia Sparks a Fight Over Water With Egypt and Sudan


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The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, or the GERD, is a major hydroelectric project that is being built on the Blue Nile river near the border with Sudan. The dam promises to bring a much needed source of electricity to the people of Ethiopia. But the dam sits on what is the main tributary to the Nile River. Egypt, which is downstream from Ethiopia, has been vehemently opposed to its construction. Egypt contends that the dam will restrict water flow and undermine its rights to the Nile waters.

Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan are now locked in a fight over water and who gets to benefit from the Nile River.

On the line with me to explain the dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is Mekdelawit Messay, an independent water science researcher based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Today's episode is supported in part from a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York to showcase African voices in peace and security issues.

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