Ethiopia’s Power Play on the Nile Has Left the Region in a DeadlockFor almost a decade, Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan have been negotiating over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Ethiopia’s objective, however, is to exploit these negotiations to assert control over the Blue Nile, the largest tributary of the Nile River, and to reconfigure the political topography of the Nile Basin. Yet that would effectively require Egypt and Sudan to sign away their riparian rights and turn themselves into Ethiopia’s hydrological hostages. It recognizes Ethiopia’s inalienable right to enjoy the benefits of the Blue Nile and to undertake future development projects. It would not foreclose Ethiopia’s right to undertake future development projects nor would it undermine the riparian rights of downstream states.

Source: Ethiopian News September 28, 2020 06:56 UTC