Posted on 07/15/2020 5:54:16 AM PDT by C19fan
Rising 500ft out of the grasslands of eastern Ethiopia and spanning 6,000ft across the Blue Nile river, is the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam - Africa's largest hydroelectric plant, which is pushing the region close to war. It is a £3billion bet upon which Ethiopia has banked all its hopes for the future, but which could spell catastrophe for its downstream neighbour, Egypt, which relies on the river for 90 per cent of its fresh water. Having strong-armed citizens, business and banks into investing in the project - which has also been supported by China - Ethiopia needs results. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has threatened to start filling the lake behind the dam this month, come what may. Egypt says that would be an 'existential threat', and it may resort to force to stop it.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
The Nile has been Egypt’s absolute core security interest for about 12,000 years. They will do absolutely anything they are physically capable of doing to protect that interest.
Who's getting paid off?
All good points. Excellent read.
Could Egypt really sustain an Army through 1000 miles of maybe hostile territory (Sudan! - They might not cooperate!) to invade Ethiopia to get to the dam?
Use Egyptian special forces group ? Maybe, you still would have to get them there and get them back. I don ‘t see Egypt have the ability to do that either.
The Nile dam,
In Scripture???
The white Nile is not a trickle.
It flows at 878 m3/s (31,000 cu ft/s).
What could go wrong with chinese concrete and Ethiopia laborers? I wonder how many are buried inside the concrete?...
The Blue Nile contributes about 90% of the conjoined Nile's water. The traditional flood season (which has been arrested in Egypt since the construction of the Aswan High Dam in the 1960s) is from June to September.
The article said “a trickle”
Per wikipedia
Blue nile 1548 cu m/sec
White nile 878 cu m /sec
yielding 878/2426 = .36 or better than one third of the total flow.
Sounds like these countries are in da Nile, here.
Who gives a dam?
Ethiopia had previously pushed to start filling the gigantic Nile River dam next month despite vehement opposition from downstream Egypt and Sudan, and the dispute was raised with the UN last week.
The office of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Friday that "a legally binding final agreement for all parties stressing the prevention of any unilateral moves, including the filling of the dam, will be sent in a letter to the UN Security Council to consider it in its session discussing the Renaissance Dam issue next Monday."
Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok was more forthcoming, saying in a statement that "it has been agreed upon that the dam filling will be delayed until an agreement is reached".
His office said technical committees for all three countries will try to hammer out a conclusive deal within two weeks as suggested by Ethiopia.
"Sudan is one of the biggest beneficiaries from the dam and also one of the biggest losers if risks are not mitigated, thus it urges Egypt and Ethiopia to the impending necessity... of finding a solution," Hamdok added.
The minor breakthrough came after an emergency African Union Executive Council virtual session chaired by South African president Cyril Ramaphosa. Other attendees included Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta.Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan agree to delay filling dam | AFP | June 26, 2020
> Control the water, control the people...
Read up on Water Empires. It’s been done for sure.
I suspect the discrepancy has to do with rate of flow during the flood season, 96 percent of the silt and such comes from the Blue.
Sudan is in the middle of it all. How will it be affected?
Does Egypt even possess aircraft large enough to deliver adequate bomb loads to destroy a massive concrete dam?
The article appears in The Daily Mail.
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