Mahemud Tekuya

Mahemud is former Dire Dawa University lecturer. He is a Ph.D candidate in international legal studies at the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law. Follow him on Twitter @MTekuya

Ethiopia does not need Egypt’s permission to start filling GERD

The Blue Nile hydropower dam has been constructed in accordance with international legal principles and Ethiopia has the right to…

6 years

Flexibility must be foremost in GERD treaty

It's time for Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia to set aside narrow national interests and address climate change by building flexibility…

7 years

Sink or swim: unlocking the Nile impasse

The only way to solve the disagreement between upstream Ethiopia and downstream Egypt is by abrogating and replacing obsolete and…

7 years

Grand Nile compromise—a Sisyphean task?

Egypt and Ethiopia are unlikely to strike terms over GERD without agreeing a new legal framework governing the Nile Basin.

7 years