The level of the geopolitical conflict in East Africa between the two regional powers, Egypt and Ethiopia, is rising ever higher. The entry into force of the CFA comes after six Nile River basin countries – Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and Uganda – ratified the agreement at a meeting in Bujumbura, Burundi, earlier this year. Egypt and Sudan have long argued that the CFA violates the 1929 and 1959 agreements on the Nile River. The most important of these initiatives was born in 2010 and was called the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI). Egypt gets XNUMX percent of its water supply from the Nile, which is already less than its needs.

Source: Ethiopian News October 14, 2024 15:56 UTC