Among the complications of the years-long disagreement between Cairo, Addis Ababa and Khartoum over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Nile is that everyone involved has legitimate concerns. The dam is an impressive 1,800 metres long and 145 metres high, and has a total volume of 74,000 million cubic metres. Addis Ababa regards the dam as an important source of national pride and its operation a matter of national sovereignty. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, second right, cuts a ribbon during a ceremony to mark the first power generation at the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on February 20, 2022. According to a 2021 report from Unicef, Egypt also faces an annual water deficit of about seven billion cubic metres and the country could run out of water by 2025.

Source: Ethiopian News December 21, 2023 03:19 UTC