Ethiopia’s Great Renaissance Dam (Gerd) on the Blue Nile has reached its third fill. To explain that it is precisely the country in the Horn of Africa that continues its operations despite opposition from theEgypthe was born Sudan, who see their freshwater availability decreasing due to infrastructure. The start of production of Hydropower through the barrage. “Today, as you can see behind me, the third filling is complete,” said the prime minister Abi Ahmed on Ethiopian state television. “The Nile is a gift from God given to us for the Ethiopians,” he added.
August 12, 2022
Egypt and Sudan refused the work
there dispute around the infrastructure has existed since 2011, when the project started. Egypt and Sudan fear the dam could deprive them of the Nile water vital to the two very arid countries. Cairo and Khartoum they appeal to gods agreement recorded 1929 – in full colonial times – and in 1959. The first guarantees Egypt’s veto power over infrastructure construction along the continent’s largest river. The second, on the other hand, states that the 66% of the Nile water has to flow to Egypt, 22% to Sudan. Addis Ababa, on the other hand does not recognize agreements, since they were signed without his participation. The country on the Horn of Africa also in 2010 has reached an agreement with the other Nile Basin countries, except Egypt and Sudan, to build infrastructure along the Nile, arguing that the dam will have no impact on the flow of water into the river. On the contrary, Egypt is concerned, so much so that it submitted its own motions last month UN Security Council. Added to this is the high tension between Addis Ababa and Khartoum due to the War of Tigrein northern Ethiopia, from where many people are fleeing to Sudan.
The dates of the dam and Italian involvement
At full capacity, the dam should produce 15,700 gigawatt hours per year energy to a maximum output of 5,150 megawatts. The WeBuild Group, formerly known as Salini Impregilo. Their projects also include the giant desalinator that supplies the Dubai Aqueduct.
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