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In an era of climate change and increasingly stressed resources, a rise in disputes over our shared riverways, forests, and coastlines feels inevitable. The current tension between Ethiopia and Egypt is indicative of what could become common across the globe as countries continue to grow and demand more resources. Both countries have surging energy demands, expanding populations, and economies that are rapidly growing. Both countries are affected by water insecurity, food insecurity, and political instability; and both countries need the resources that spans their boarders and supports. the population and economic growth.
This book explores the unknowns that lay ahead for both Ethiopia and Egypt as Ethiopia began the filling the reservoir behind the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam or “GERD” between 2021-2022. The GERD, the largest hydro electrical project in Africa, was built by Ethiopia to harvest the energy of the headwaters of the Nile River to and provide electricity to Ethiopia’s some approximately 65 million people without access to reliable power. Egypt however, with decades of tradition being the keeper of the Nile, fights to maintain its control over the flow of the as well as slow the compounding headwinds the country faces.