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    Why is Sudan’s changing position on GERD is unsustainable and self-destructive?
    March 23, 2021in Blog0by Mahemud Tekuya

    Why is Sudan’s changing position on GERD is unsustainable and self-destructive?

    Great Britain’s textile industries were dependent on cotton production in Egypt during colonization. Since cotton production was possible only through irrigation from the Nile, Great Britain was interested in the…

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    Part III: The Bigger Picture
    January 13, 2021in Blog0by Tamrat A. Gelu (M.Sc.)

    Part III: The Bigger Picture

    This blog is one of three articles by Tamrat A. Gelu under the umbrella theme of Cooperation over the Blue Nile is the Way forward for Egypt. Part I focuses…

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    Part II:The Emergence of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)
    December 31, 2020in Blog0by Tamrat A. Gelu (M.Sc.)

    Part II:The Emergence of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)

      This blog is one of three articles by Tamrat A. Gelu under the umbrella theme of Cooperation over the Blue Nile is the Way forward for Egypt. Part I…

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    PART I: Taming the Nile: Historical Recap
    December 19, 2020in Blog, Nile0by Tamrat A. Gelu (M.Sc.)

    PART I: Taming the Nile: Historical Recap

      This blog is one of three articles by Tamrat A. Gelu under the umbrella theme of Cooperation over the Blue Nile is the Way forward for Egypt. Part I…

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    Progressive GERD Nile agreement for building trust between Egypt, Ethiopia, and the Sudan
    October 31, 2020in Blog, Nile0by Dr. Tirusew Asefa and Dr. Semu Moges

    Progressive GERD Nile agreement for building trust between Egypt, Ethiopia, and the Sudan

    This summer, record Nile River flow and flood resulted in devastating loss of life, human suffering, and property damage. East Africa was hit especially hard. These floods were primarily driven…

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    Beyond the normalization of climate change, Ethiopia’s Green Legacy is a must have insurance for the GERD
    September 24, 2020in Blog, Nile0by Mekdelawit Deribe and Dr. Tirusew Asefa

    Beyond the normalization of climate change, Ethiopia’s Green Legacy is a must have insurance for the GERD

    The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) reached a significant milestone when the first year of the first stage filling, that is expected to span two years, was completed in July…

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    Major historical agreements of the Nile Basin
    September 13, 2020in Blog0by Mekdekawit Messay

    Major historical agreements of the Nile Basin

    The history of water use in the Nile basin is riddled with biased, one sided colonial treaties and agreements between colonial powers and their protectorates. Since 1891, a series of…

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    Lessons From Transboundary Basins Across the World
    September 8, 2020in Blog0by Mekdelawit Messay Deribe

    Lessons From Transboundary Basins Across the World

    The Nile basin, for the first time in its history, is experiencing a change in the status quo of the region. This is largely due to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance…

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    Future Growth of Ethiopia depends on the Acceleration and Harnessing of On-Grid and Off-Grid Solar Power
    August 30, 2020in Blog, Analysis, Research0by Engineer Behailu Assefa

    Future Growth of Ethiopia depends on the Acceleration and Harnessing of On-Grid and Off-Grid Solar Power

    Ethiopia has a considerable renewable energy endowment, with an abundant hydropower potential, wind, solar and geothermal, as well fossil fuels. Hydropower constitutes almost 92.5% of the total energy mix and…

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    The Middle Ground: What Egypt, Ethiopia and the Sudan can Learn from Others
    August 15, 2020in Blog0by Dr. Tirusew Asefa, Dr. Mohammed Mahmoud, Dr. Fekadu Moreda

    The Middle Ground: What Egypt, Ethiopia and the Sudan can Learn from Others

    A note by Ethiopian- and Sudanese-American professionals to the African Union. Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan have been in intense negotiation for the last several weeks. The three countries have restarted…

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    Remembering Engineer Simegnew
    July 19, 2020in Blog0by Alazar Feleke

    Remembering Engineer Simegnew

    Engineer Simegnew Bekele Aynalem was the first Chief Project Manager of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). From the inception of the project that he managed until his untimely death,…

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    Justice Delayed is Justice Denied
    June 26, 2020in Blog0by Mekonnen Kassa

    Justice Delayed is Justice Denied

       Ethiopians do not know the value of their water resources; they have yet to realize it. Dr. Seleshi Bekele. Minister of Water, Irrigation and Energy of Ethiopia In the…

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    The Treaty between Great Britain and Ethiopia of May 15,1902
    June 15, 2020in Blog0by Alazar Feleke

    The Treaty between Great Britain and Ethiopia of May 15,1902

    By Alazar Feleke The 1902 Treaty has often been referred to a Treaty between Ethiopia and Egypt and that this treaty addressed the use of the Nile Waters. It should…

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    Nile River’s Peaceful Interaction to Underground. A Lesson to Those Who Live Above Ground?
    June 10, 2020in Blog0by Dr. Tirusew Asefa

    Nile River’s Peaceful Interaction to Underground. A Lesson to Those Who Live Above Ground?

    Rivers do not flow in a vacuum. The Nile is one of the longest rivers in the world with its headwaters on the White Nile and its major tributary the Abay (Blue Nile) originating in the Ethiopian highlands.…

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    Could Egypt wean itself off its dependence on the Nile?
    May 7, 2020in Blog0by weaspire_cpw5rq

    Could Egypt wean itself off its dependence on the Nile?

    The ongoing squabble between Egypt and Ethiopia on the filling of the Ethiopian Grand Renaissance Dam (GERD) appears to be a prelude of a looming water crisis in the region.…

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    Ethiopia and the Nile​
    April 8, 2020in Blog0by weaspire_cpw5rq

    Ethiopia and the Nile​

    Ethiopia and the Nile​

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