In Africa, War Over Water Looms As Ethiopia Nears Completion Of Nile River DamEnlarge this image toggle caption Amr Nabil/AP Amr Nabil/APA new mega-dam being built by Ethiopia on the Nile River is threatening to spark a war over water and shift political influence in northeastern Africa. Ethiopia sees the dam as the key to its economic future, but its neighbor to the north, Egypt, fears the dam could spell doom for its water supply, says BBC Africa correspondent Alastair Leithead. The Nile supplies nearly 85 percent of all water in Egypt, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. When completed, it will be the largest dam in Africa and will generate up to 6,450 megawatts of energy. "The pharaohs used to say about Egypt that it was the gift of the Nile," Leithead says.

Source: Ethiopian News February 27, 2018 21:00 UTC