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2020-07-27 Africa North

"The Nile Is Ours!" Ethiopia Tweet Outrages Egypt As Giant Upstream Dam Being Filled In

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Posted by Frank G 2020-07-27 09:07|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 1,780 meter long (5,840 ft) Main Dam, with a 5,200 meter (3 mile) 'Saddle Dam', incorporating 16 400-megawatt generating units for a combined output of 16,153 GWh per year.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2020-07-27 09:40|| 2020-07-27 09:40|| Front Page Top

#2 Looks like Egypt will get some real world experience with this generation's military leadership in Libya that can be applied to the south. Don't screw the first one up otherwise it will have significant implications in the second.

Posted by Procopius2k 2020-07-27 09:56|| 2020-07-27 09:56|| Front Page Top

#3 Somehow I don't think Ethiopia is going to win this one.

Posted by gorb 2020-07-27 11:40|| 2020-07-27 11:40|| Front Page Top

#4 Where's the State Department on this one? They love meddling in situations like this and making them worse.

Posted by Maggie Poodle6767 2020-07-27 12:13|| 2020-07-27 12:13|| Front Page Top

#5 They've been building this massive dam since 2011. Surprised nobody downstream took notice until now.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2020-07-27 12:54|| 2020-07-27 12:54|| Front Page Top

#6 I suppose it depends if they want to divert it for agriculture or delay it for power.

Posted by gorb 2020-07-27 13:11|| 2020-07-27 13:11|| Front Page Top

#7 They've been building this massive dam since 2011. Surprised nobody downstream took notice until now.

Egypt has been negotiating for years without the successful outcome they desire. Al Ahram has had numerous articles about the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam crisis, which headlines shorten to GERD.

Posted by trailing wife 2020-07-27 14:15|| 2020-07-27 14:15|| Front Page Top

#8 Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)? ;)

Posted by Procopius2k 2020-07-27 15:22|| 2020-07-27 15:22|| Front Page Top

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