Statement of the Ethiopian Waters Advisory Council (EWAC) Regarding Recent Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) Developments and Tri-partite Negotiations

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The Ethiopian Water Advisory Council (EWAC) is a charitable non-political membership-based organization that brings together Ethiopian and friends of Ethiopia water and development scientists, academics, researchers, educators, and practitioners across the globe to help Ethiopia achieve water and food security and be free from abject poverty and deprivation. EWAC espouses the equitable, reasonable, and sustainable …

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The way forward for tripartite Discussions on Ethiopia’s dam

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Semu Moges (Ph.D., P.E.) argues Ethiopia, The Sudan and Egypt should immediately resuscitate the stalled tripartite diplomatic discussions on matters related to GERD. According to him, it is in the three countries’ best interest to prioritize an agreement on issues pertaining to the filling of the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. The Tripartite Discussions in Context …

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Is Egypt or Ethiopia really having potential water shortage?

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Semu Moges (Ph.D., P.E.) Please look at the following hydrological facts and answer the question on on your own: 1. Total internally generated blue water (surface and ground water produced within the country’s borders) available in Ethiopia is in the order of 122 BCM. Seventy percent of the flow is generated in the Nile basin part of the …

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EWAC Emergency Response Message on the GERD Negotiation Impasse

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June 21, 2020In a Nutshell: The Nile is the only major world river that is not governed by a comprehensive treaty with all riparian countries as signatories. Such a treaty must address equitable water allocation, holistic basin management, and appropriate consultations on major water projects. In the absence of such a treaty, Egypt and Sudan …

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EWAC Statement on Recent GERD/Nile Developments 

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August 2022 The Ethiopian Waters Advisory Council (EWAC) would like to congratulate the people and Government of Ethiopia for the successful completion of the third filling of the GERD and for starting the generation of electricity from the 2nd turbine. We also support the Ethiopian Government’s reassuring words to the two downstream countries “We have …

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Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD): A Salvation to Flooding in Sudan – Dr. Alem Gebriel

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Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD): A Salvation to Flooding in Sudan Alem Gebriel, PhD, PE The Garand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), which is being built on the Abbay river and financed entirely by the Ethiopian people, has great benefits to both Sudan and Egypt. One of the benefits is that it mitigates flooding in Sudan.  …

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ኢትዮጵያ – የአባይ ወንዝ ባለቤትነት ጉዳይ – Kidane_A

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ኢትዮጵያ – የአባይ ወንዝ ባለቤትነት ጉዳይ ኪዳኔ ዓለማየሁ መግቢያ፤ በጥንቱ ዘመን የአባይ ወንዝ ዋናዋ ምንጭ ኢትዮጵያ መሆኗና ባለቤትነቱዋ ታውቆ የግብጽ መሪዎች በየዓመቱ ለሚጎርፍላቸው ውሀ ይከፍሉ ነበር። ባሁኑ ጊዜ ግን በተለይ ግብጽ የአባይን ወንዝ እንደ ግል ንብረቷ በመቁጠር ኢትዮጵያ በአባይ ወንዝ ለመጠቀም የምታከናውነውን ጥረት መቃወም ብቻ ሳይሆን ማስፈራራትም ይቃጣታል። እንደሚታወቀው በየድረ-ገጹ በስፋት ከሚቀርቡት ሐተታዎች፣ ትችቶችና አስተያየቶች …

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Why is now the right time to start the filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)?

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By: Essayas Kaba, Ph.D., Geospatial Scientist; Feyera Aga Hirpa, Ph.D., Flood Data Scientist; Semu Moges, Ph.D., P.E, Water Resource Scientist, The Water-Energy-Food Nexus Team Ethiopia is in preparation to commence the filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in July 2020, the middle of the wet season across Ethiopian highlands. It is the right time to start …

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Egypt and Ethiopia. Who is the victim? Who is the victimizer?

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By Dr. Mesfin Genanaw Ethiopia is the prime headwater of the Nile River. Egypt and Ethiopia share a lot of common civilization, history, religions, culture, and drink the same water. The Nile river has a great influence on both countries’ cultures, songs, rituals, and folklores. But lately, a simmering dispute over the filling of the …

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Equitable Utilization of Nile Waters–cooperation is best option

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Aklog Birara (Dr)Part II of IV In Part I, I urged the Governments of Egypt, Ethiopia and the Sudan not to ignore the ecosystemof the Nile River. I also recommended that Nile River riparian nations begin the hard butessential task of arriving at a fair, equitable and mutually beneficial Nile River Treaty. It is agaping …

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Letter to Reverend Jesse Jackson by Dr. Mohamud Abu-Zeid – A Rejoinder Mersie Ejigu

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የኢትዮጵያ ውሀዎች አማካሪ ምክር ቤትETHIOPIAN WATERS ADVISORY COUNCIL (ewac)Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD): Letter to Reverend Jesse Jackson by Dr. Mohamud Abu-Zeid – A RejoinderMersie Ejigu (mejigu@paes.org)June 18/2020(See Dr. Abu-Zeid’s letter at: https://www.zehabesha.com/egypts-reply-to-reverend-jesse-jackson/)Dear Dr. Abu-Zeid,As you may recall, I represented IUCN-The World Conservation Union1 at the founding meeting of the World Water Council (WWC) in …

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