Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan sign deal to end Nile dispute
March 24, 2015
Egypt’s leader (l) signed the deal, despite expressing reservations[/caption]
Three African leaders have signed an initial deal to end a long-running dispute over the sharing of Nile waters and the building of Africa’s biggest hydroelectric dam, in Ethiopia.
The leaders of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan signed the agreement in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum. Egypt has opposed the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, saying it would worsen its water shortages. Ethiopia says the dam will give it a fairer share of Nile waters. In 2013, Ethiopia’s parliament ratified a controversial treaty to replace colonial-era agreements that gave Egypt and Sudan the biggest share of the Nile’s water. Egypt’s then-President Mohamed Morsi said he did not want war but he would not allow Egypt’s water supply to be endangered by the dam. Mr Morsi’s successor, Abdul Fattah al-Sisi signed the deal with Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Halemariam Desalegn and Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir.‘Veto power’
The three leaders welcomed the “declaration of principles” agreement in speeches in Khartoum’s Republican Palace, and watched a short film about the Grand Renaissance Dam that highlighted how it could benefit the region, the Associated Press news agency reports. Mr Halemariam said he wanted to give an assurance that the dam would “not cause any harm to downstream countries”, Reuters news agency reports. Mr Sisi said the project remained a source of concern to Egypt. [caption id="attachment_17087" align="alignright" width="300"]
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Before Tigrayans became the rulers of Ethiopia, Tigrayans have repeatedly
died in high numbers due to famine caused by lack of water that occurred mostly
in the Tigray region. Tigray people are determined to make this will not happen
to them ever again by building the GERD dam at whatever cost. For close to a
hundred years Tigrayans were seen as peasant not deserving help from the
central government during repeated famines. Now the Tigrayans are in power in
Ethiopia we will build the GERD dam and ensure Tigray will be self sufficient
with food at whatever cost. Until that happens we will borrow from World Bank
to ensure we got enough food.
The World Bank Group’s Board of Executive
Directors today 02 April 2015 approved loan of US$350 million to help the
government Ethiopian increase agricultural productivity and enhance market
access for smallholder farmers in more than 150 of its rural districts. The new
financing, from the World Bank’s highly-concessional lending agency- the
International Development Association, will further boost the development
potential of Ethiopia’s agriculture industry which accounts for 45 percent of
the country’s total output and occupies nearly 80 percent of the nation’s labor
force. It is also a major contributor to export earnings.
.Annual commitments by (worldbank.org) have
increased steadily and averaged about $15 billion over the last three years,
with about 50 percent of commitments going to Africa. (worldbank.org)