Misplaced Opposition to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

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Somalilandsun – Ethiopia’s dam project has evoked strong rejection by Egypt, which fears for her water-related benefits arising from skewed colonial-era treaties on sharing of the River Nile. However, considering the legal, historical, economical and environmental issues, Egypt’s opposition to the dam is baseless. To avoid water wars, Nile riparian countries need to agree afresh on fair water sharing

This is according to Minga Negash, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Seid Hassan, Murray State University, and Mammo Muchie, Tshwane University of Technology in Pretoria who suggest a water war can be avoided if the Nile riparian countries agree on fair water sharing.

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