A New 'Water War' Erupting between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia?
Today I read this news article on BBC regarding the controversy of a possible new River Nile Dam. It is currently being built by Ethiopia, as they want to become a middle-income country. They need to get in before they start transforming the country, and they want to do this by building a dam and collecting the water from the River Nile. When the dam is complete, Ethiopia will be able to control the flow of the water and Egypt is worried that there will be no more water supply once the dam has been completed because most of the population relies entirely on the water from the River Nile. Sudan sides with Ethiopia as they think it's a great benefit to the downstream countries which also don't have a source for energy. ' It's not about control of the flow, but providing opportunity for us to develop ourselves through energy development. It has a lot of benefit for the downstream countries.' - Seleshi Bekele Sudan's Minister for Water, Irrigati...