This photo shows the dam at the end of the 2019 rainy seasonThe long-running dispute between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia over a massive hydroelectric dam being built on the River Nile shows no sign of being resolved. Egypt and Sudan have both complained that Ethiopia has acted unilaterally for a second year and begun to fill up the reservoir behind the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (Gerd). In a statement earlier this week Egypt and Sudan accused Ethiopia of acting unilaterally over the filling and having "bad intentions" - suggesting the dam was being filled deliberately. This is because more water is entering the dam site than the volume of water that can physically pass through the two open outlets in the dam wall (60-110 million cubic metres a day). In that case, if Ethiopia holds back water in the Gerd then the levels in the High Aswan Dam will start to fall.

Source: Ethiopian News July 08, 2021 05:03 UTC