Without the dam Ethiopia faces periodic starvation. The dam is only a problem to Egypt while it is filling up. Etheopia gas offered to set up a three nation commission to manage the water flow and power distribution. Egypt thinks they own all the warer and has refused to negotiate. This is a problem that can be resolved but for Egyptian recalcitrance.
“Egypt thinks they own all the warer and has refused to negotiate. This is a problem that can be resolved but for Egyptian recalcitrance.”
Doesn’t matter, at this point. Egypt has 100M people now, and 98% (or whatever) of their water is from the Nile. If a ‘solution’ to this issue is not found, it’s difficult to see Egypt (or any other government in a similar situation) not go to war.