He should have got the prize, Trump said, because it was he who had prevented a war. In fact, the deadline for an agreement in months-long direct talks between the main parties in the dispute, Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan, passed on Wednesday. Now the dispute goes to the three heads of government to agree on a mediator — and if they can’t agree, maybe we’ll see our first real "water war’’. Various think-tanks have been touting the idea of water wars for decades. They’re not taking any water out for irrigation, so all the water should just flow through, spin the turbines, and carry on down to Sudan and Egypt.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 17, 2020 15:33 UTC