Berlin, Germany February, 2020 Introduction One of the key challenges for the 21st century is the sharing of international water resources. The global community is concerned mostly by the lack…
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Future Growth of Ethiopia depends on the Acceleration and Harnessing of On-Grid and Off-Grid Solar Power
Ethiopia has a considerable renewable energy endowment, with an abundant hydropower potential, wind, solar and geothermal, as well fossil fuels. Hydropower constitutes almost 92.5% of the total energy mix and…
86% = 0% : pour commencer d’en finir avec l’équation inéquitable du Nil pour l’Éthiopie
Alors que le monde a les yeux rivés sur la pandémie Covid-19, ce juillet 2020 annonce le début de la fin d’une injustice séculaire sur l’utilisation des eaux du Nil.…
The Toshka story and why the GERD needs to come online
In the past few years, Ethiopia’s energy requirements have increased immensely due to pressures in population, minimum living needs such as sanitation and lighting, and resource demands of vital projects…
The Nile Drama and the Quest for Fair Mediation
Some 85 years ago, in 1936, Emperor Haile Selassie I stood before the General Assembly of the League of Nations in Geneva to make a speech that would make him an…
Starting filling the GERD this summer is in the best interest of Egypt and Sudan
Favorable hydrologic conditions, not seen in the Nile River Basin for the last two decades, in some cases a century, should encourage negotiations between Egypt, Ethiopia, and the Sudan. This…
Moving to the finishing line and not looking back
Recently the Ethiopian Foreign Minister, H.E. Gedu Andargatchew delivered a brief about the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a hydroelectric dam construction on the Blue Nile River. His audience were…
A Sticky Situation: Breaking Down the Latest Impasse Between Egypt and Ethiopia
On June 19, 2020 Egypt, citing a failure to reach an agreement, sent a letter to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) accusing Ethiopia of intransigence. The second of such…
River basin delineation based on NASA digital elevation data
https://youtu.be/t09kon01dq8 River basins (known as watersheds in North America) are areas of land that drain precipitation, surface water, and underlying groundwater into a river and its tributaries, eventually reaching a…
Almost 65 Million Ethiopians have no basic drinking water
Did you know that almost 65 Million Ethiopians have no basic drinking water unlike Egypt?
WPT University Place - Ethiopia's Grand Dam Plan
WPT University Place – Ethiopia’s Grand Dam Plan