Why Egypt and Ethiopia Can't Agree on How to Manage Water Resources
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Unless Egypt addresses its water management crisis, instability may pay an unwelcome visit to the head of the Nile.
By Michael Greco
In a final push before the self-imposed deadline to call upon an official mediator, Egyptian, Ethiopian, and Sudanese ministers met in Washington last month to reach a consensus over the filling, or “impoundment,” period of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Egypt demanded at least seven years to fill the reservoir, whereas Ethiopia, anxious to reap the dam’s long-awaited benefits, would accept no more than five years.
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