Ethiopian dam spells water woes for Egypt

Published on June 12, 2013 12:45 by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Non Profit

Last month Ethiopia started diverting the waters of the Blue Nile in order to build the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, a $4.7 billion, 6000Mw hydroelectric project that is the centrepiece of the country's plan to become Africa's largest exporter of power.Egypt instantly objected. "We have a strong legal case to insist that our share of the Nile water is preserved," said an anonymous government source - but he didn't mention bombers.

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