Rising 500ft out of the grasslands of eastern Ethiopia and spanning 6,000ft across the Blue Nile river, is the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam - Africa's largest hydroelectric plant, which is pushing the region close to war.It is a £3billion bet upon which Ethiopia has banked all its hopes for the future, but which could spell catastrophe for its downstream neighbour, Having strong-armed citizens, business and banks into investing in the project - which has also been supported by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has threatened to start filling the lake behind the dam this month, come what may. He died the following year.The actual cost of the project is thought to be £3billion, but its financing is murky. BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:20 A.M.) – Under the above headline, Yevgeny Krotikov wrote, in Vzglyad, about the inevitability of war between Egypt and Ethiopia, if not today, then in the future.According to the author, negotiation between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia resumed on Sunday over a set of issues related to building a huge hydroelectric station on the Nile.“The Ethiopians are building on the Blue Nile, Africa’s largest hydroelectric power plant, surpassing the Sayano Shushenskaya Hydropower Station,” the author said, pointing out that Ethiopia would become the second largest generator of electricity in Africa.The Blue Nile is the main artery that feeds the Grand Nile, and the construction of the dam will lead to severe decay in the valley waters, where up to 90% of the Egyptian population lives.Last year, an open conflict (between Ethiopia and Egypt) was avoided at the Russia-Africa summit in Sochi.The current exacerbation is due to the fact that the Ethiopians have started filling the dam reservoir and will do so in record time, with a duration of three years.“Now, it is incomprehensible that any compromise could take place. © Copyright 2014 - 2018 Al Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - All Rights Reserved | Egypt and Ethiopia are on the verge of war over water: mediaTurkey prepares for possible war with large-scale naval exercise off Libyan coast: media Egypt has long been aware of the threat of a dam being built up-river, with President Anwar Sadat threatening to go to war over any such project as far back as the 1970s.More recent protests from Cairo set off four years of negotiations which have since suckered in UN and US mediators, but which have so-far failed to produce tangible results.The sticking point is a colonial-era treaty signed in 1929, which Ethiopia was not party to, which guarantees Egypt almost exclusive rights over the waters of the Nile.Cairo says the treaty should form the basis of a legally-binding agreement guaranteeing it access to a minimum amount of water, and says the deal must be in place before the dam can be used.The government fears that filling the dam - a process which will take years and create a lake larger than London - will cause severe shortages, especially in drought years. After that, Cairo will have no choice but to try to solve the problem in a simple and severe manner,” he added.All comments that are not spam or wholly inappropriate are approved, we do not sort out opinions or points of view that are different from ours.Please treat this discussion with the same respect you would a public park. It is no longer possible to stop Ethiopia from its chosen path, with any international pressure. The Blue Nile is the main artery that feeds the Grand Nile, and the construction of the dam will lead to severe decay in the valley waters, where up to 90% of the Egyptian population lives. A warm congratulations can be sent to the ‘Arab Spring’ and Muslim Brotherhood,” Krotikov argued.“The next round of negotiations is likely to end with nothing. Filling the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam would potentially bring the years-long dispute between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia over the $4.6 million mega-project to a critical juncture. The leaders of Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia have agreed to return to talks aimed at reaching an agreement over the filling of Ethiopia’s new hydroelectric dam on … Last year, an open conflict (between Ethiopia and Egypt) was avoided at the Russia-Africa summit in Sochi. Claims of corruption have dogged the project, amid rumours surrounding the sudden death of manager Semegnew Bekele in 2018.Bekele had been due to give a news conference explaining delays to the project, with conspiracy theorists suggesting that he would lift the lid on corrupt activities of those involved.Shortly before the conference took place he was found shot dead in his car with the engine running.
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