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· Fresh round of the Ethiopian Renaissance dam talks are underway among Sudan, Ethiopia and Egypt to find lasting solutions to the vexatious problems
· Nile caters to 97% of Egypt’s water requirements
· Sudan’s problem is somewhat ambivalent. It hopes that the sporadic floods that steal several lives and damage to the agriculture and properties can help in controlling the damages but is concerned about the release of waters from the reservoirs attached to the dam could cause great risk to the country’s inhabitants.
Fresh round of the Ethiopian Renaissance dam talks are underway among Sudan, Ethiopia and Egypt to find lasting solutions to the vexatious problems. The deadlocked talk, which has been going on for a long time, is critically important to ensure peace and harmony in the entire continent, particularly in the Northern and East African region.
So far the talks, by and large, has come as a cropper. Now, the talks are being held under the auspices of African Union and its current president, Cyril Ramaphosa is acting as the arbiter. Hopes are pinned on the outcome of the talk.
The Nile, which extends over 6000 kms cutting across geographies, is a major source of water and electricity for over 12 countries in East Africa. Egypt is concerned about the dam for its fears it would adversely affect its water supply for household and agricultural purposes of over 100 million of its inhabitants since Nile caters to 97% of its water requirements. Sudan’s problem is somewhat ambivalent. It hopes that the sporadic floods that steal several lives and damage to the agriculture and properties can help in controlling the damages but is concerned about the release of waters from the reservoirs attached to the dam could cause great risk to the country’s inhabitants. Ethiopia by implementing the dam can become a major producer and exporter of power. It maintains that the dam can bring all round prosperity in the region by making the region self-sufficient in power.
