Egypt

Why Ethiopia rejected the U.S.-drafted GERD deal

Proposed drought-mitigation mechanisms seen as designed to protect Egypt’s contested share of Nile waters. Ethiopia Insight explains the details.

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

Podcast: The weaponization of GERD

Ethiopia Insight's William Davison discusses issues surrounding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and its recent politicization with Professor Harry Verhoeven

8 years