Stratfor Claims Egypt Forced to Negotiate on Nile Dam

Summary Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will travel to Addis Ababa on March 23 to address Ethiopian lawmakers before traveling to Sudan to sign an agreement on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. The details of the agreement are unknown, but its aim is to balance Ethiopia’s economic interests with Egypt’s national security concerns. Ethiopia, Egypt…

Full GERD Panel of International Experts Report

20 April 2014 International_panel_of_experts_for_ethiopian_renaissance_dam-_final_report_1 GERD under construction in April 2013. International Rivers Construction on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam(GERD) – Africa’s biggest hydropower dam – began based on piecemeal preliminary studies and design documents, with only a very basic analysis of how the project would affect downstream neighbors, according to the 2013 final report by an…