Issue Brief on “Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Discord Between Ethiopia and Egypt”

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The longstanding conflict between Egypt and Ethiopia over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has intensified recently. Ethiopia is building a hydropower project on Nile’s tributary which is ringing alarm bells for Egypt due to its great dependence on the downstream waters of the river.[1]

To settle the issue between countries, in month of February 2020 United States along with the World Bank drafted a proposal with reference to the filling and construction of this dam.[2] Core objective of the proposal was to settle issues related to the annual release of water from Nile through the dam to downstream countries such as Egypt and Sudan; filling of the reservoir and operation of the GERD.[3]

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