Why can’t Egypt and Ethiopia agree on the Nile dam? - BBC News
2020 ж. 16 Шіл.
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Sudan and Egypt have hit out at Ethiopia, which has started filling a reservoir behind a controversial new dam on the Blue Nile.
Satellite images show water backing up on the Grand Renaissance Dam and now Sudan has reported reduced water flow in its section of the Nile River.
Both Sudan and Egypt are downstream and are worried the dam will reduce their access to water.
A deal between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan over the reservoir is proving elusive. Instead there’s a fraught stand-off with national pride, regional power and economic development at stake.
In the latest of his weekly reports, this is Ros Atkins on why Egypt and Ethiopia can’t agree on the Nile dam.
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Why should Ethiopia give a dam?
Funny lol
Right on. Egypt never did, never does.
They put a dam in the nile
Unacceptable and impossible
@تشارلز حكمة I Reassure you we are the most kind hearted and we want your health, Its very rainy this year above average and if we dont fill in a season with high rain You will suffer more if we fill in dry season plus you know all the world knows Ethiopia for famine right, its just that we are dying every year from starvation and we want that no more i really hope for Egyptians to understand this.
Looks like Ethiopia don't give a dam.
Ha ha ha...Nice one
We don't 😄Ethiopia🇪🇹 king👑 Of the Nile (💛Abay💛)
Hehe yeah
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Best one so far😂🙌🙌🙌
Somalia , Djibouti and the rest of Sub-Saharan Africa support Ethiopia..
Doesn't rly matter, those countries are not impacted by the Damm
voltaren more than 8 eight countries in Africa share Nile who the hell is egypt?
@@free-thinker1046 doesn't matter, only Egypt and Sudan Will be affected by the dam. Others countries opinions are useless
@تشارلز حكمة we don't want egyptians to die. if we cut off the water the dam can be filled in few days but we're taking very long time(3-7 years) just not to harm others
@تشارلز حكمة No worries there is plenty to share and in reserve in Aswan as well as plenty of rain predictions for the next 2 years
I feel this is one-sided analysis, Ethiopia has a right to the Nile waters as much as Sudan and Egypt. Claiming that the dam is theirs and the river is not, is not only misleading but also shows a partisan argument on the presenter's side. Egypt and Sudan Must accept that Ethiopia too has a right to its waters and not bulldoze the country. They should agree yes, but the agreement MUST be a win-win for Ethiopia and Egypt. why is it that when people die in Ethiopia because of poverty, no one says anything, now when they figure out a way to elevate their standard of living the entire world is against them. We must find an amicable way to co-exist, not that when I am sick then it's okay but when my being healthy threatens yours then its better I die, NO.
Well it is to be expected since Egypt is basically a British colony
Ethiopia didnt only has right on z water .... ETH. own the river
My guy! Thank you. Just to add, almost every Ethiopian family contributed their salary or a portion of it to this cause because they believe it is their path to prosperity. Egypt blocked the World Bank and every financial institution from ever giving a loan for this project. Yet here we are. To your point about demolishing the country, yes; they have been threatening war up until 2 days ago. Literally no one, and their mama, cares what Egypt says anymore. Everyone is ready to die for GERD because it is a matter of *dignity*. Regardless of the world's unbelievable disregard, don't fret about Ethiopia being demolished. Egypt can try areal bombardment given that all our neighbors are allies, but Ethiopia would likely divert all the Nile tributaries that Egypt would be dusty dry within 2 years, hence - a mutually assured destruction.
Victor anyango, thank you. Still they denying the fact.
its arab news media - like aljezeera for obvious reasons that is against us ! and the WHITE world news media -BBC ..et al is always against us because of our history and the subconscious, implanted racism deep underneath , resent they feel to hv been beaten in war with a black country! they are the same way with china..et al! screw them anyway we hv to move forward ,very fast!
Ethiopia didn't sign the 1959 agreement, so shouldn't be forced to live up to the agreement.
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We are with Ethiopia with military and diplomacy support from Turkey
@@cengizsogutlu u are depends on turkey that will be fucked in libya in few weeks so they are trying to useing u in Ethiopia only 🇪🇬✊ Remember that horn of Africa start with few wepons and 💰 remember that think how u will servive from arab leagues arab gulf countries north Africa country all are arabs ogadin Eritrea somali Oromo all are muslim ☪️✊
@@mohamedsonofkemetegypt979 cry me river and fill nhile you gonna need that
Yes it did not sign Becuase it already has bni shankool besides it has already 1000 bn cubic meters of water
The compromise by Ethiopia is already there. She is offering to fill the dam 4-7 years, while it can be done in 2 years. Egypt just wants more. I wish you were well informed or fair before making the report.
Exactly 💯 true what you are saying 👏 thank you 😊
Well they are good friends of Qatar's Al-Jazeera, friend of Egypt, so...
@تشارلز حكمة First year filling completed today. No harm done to Egypt but a big step for Ethiopia
@Hassan Sallah Read carefully. I said 4-7 years
@Hassan Sallah Giving binding deal involves giving up some rights. Not easy as you think
BBC always biassed !! Ethiopia is the source for 85% of the water. And still ....Ethiopia is asking for an equal water share and is not asking for draining. I others words is not asking on creating a drought to our lower altitude neighbors yet equal use. Period. And that is Medemer!!
As an Egyptian I hope this whole issue resolves soon without droughting our lands and for Ethiopia to achieve it's long awaited prosperity. in fact I wish we had contributed in GERD when we had the chance and made sure that we are all on the same page back then. thanks for your voice of reason and I hope other Ethiopian brothers adopt the same tone; arrogancy will not help anyside in such situation.
@@ehabrabie8647 Unfortunately, it's the Egyptian politicians who are deliberately escalating disagreements. They already know that the dam is not a consumptive project. It's a hydroelectric power. It beats the turbines and then flows as usual. Plus the water size can be improved by environmental conservation. No one from Egypt is even helping us on this. All Ethiopians paid for It's construction. No one in Ethiopia wants to hurt Egyptian people. Because we know what Nile really means for Egypt. But your politicians are really very provocative.
@@melesegirmaye9682 Politicians can be deceptive yes, but for all fairness why would someone deliberately go through 10 years of negotiating just to obstruct Ethiopia's development?! That beside knowing that Israel is one who provided the dam with it's defensive system and I'm sure that you can understand that maybe just maybe we all are being played with. Otherwise I think Ethopia can just make sure that during drought years it will not hold back the rain when it finally comes and extend other countries drought for electricity that can be generated by other means. I really hope they come up with a fair deal to all of us. Best wishes..
@@ehabrabie8647 your scared of drought ... but we always have drought here while we give u the water with 0% use ... always beg for money ... just few decades ago more than a million people died because of drought and famine .... just Google to see we still drink dirty water from river ... why should we favor you before ourselves just because you are powerful and have USA to your side ??? Or should we both share the river... Egypt Sudan and ethiopia ... and we use our amount ... and share ... without touching your amount and share ... that way we will be responsible for the drought that comes after... but you using 60% of water us using 0% we having drought always... and you never saw drought .... that should not continue.... there are people here too .... of we don't change there could happen another famine that happened few decades ago which the whole world knows us for hunger ... we don't want to be example of hunger ok ??? This are humans too .... new deal ... deal with you amount of it ... which there will be obvious reduction since we had 0%
@@rediettadesse2828 I totally agree with you and even our politicians by the way agreed with that and that's why they signed the concept paper back on 2015 when all the old unjust previous international laws were not considering Ethiopia position. about the drought, my brother please try to understand that if you are aiming to correct a standing situation you should not over do it just to harm other!! Egypt's history is full of drought years that in some ages it leaded people to cannibalism and you can read about "Al-Mustansir Famine" and many others if you want. Bottom line if you are thinking that because of old ill doings and bad practices which we ourselves took your side on, that you should force what you have gone through upon other, then you should re-think your position. I honestly think it is solvable if we all are being reasonable.
They Egyptians can keep talking about their "historic rights" from an agreement made between Egypt, Sudan and GB. Please keep in mind that Ethiopia was not even consulted during those agreements even though 86% of the water comes from the Ethiopian highlands. That being said, the country still invited both countries(Egypt and Sudan) to discuss the issue and make an agreement. Before that the two countries, primarily Egypt, ignored Ethiopias suggestion to share the waters of Nile equitably, and Egypt denied that and wanted to go to war. After all Ethiopia started building the Grand Ethiopian Renaissence Dam (GERD) and now it is almost completed. As you can see Ethiopia always wanted to bring Egypt to an agreement and Egypt denied that many times. The Egyptians thought no country in the upstream will manage to build a dam, which was completely wrong. AND THEIR COUNTRY IS ABOUT TO BECOME HISTORY STILL TALKING ABOUT "HISTORIC RIGHTS"
because Ethiopia was and still is worth nothing, but lets hope they can change this i guess
True! The dam is Ethiopian dam the blue Nile is Ethiopian river and no one on earth can stop Ethiopia to use it. Keep going Ethiopia 🇪🇹
@@nebilumer926 The Nile river belongs to three countries , u understand it or not , and what Ethiopia is doing is steeling from god given share of Nile water Egypt had been recieving over thousands of years. God never blesses stolen resources , andwe shall never let u enjoy anything until a frank legal aggreement is signed regulating the work of this dam and gurantee no serious reduction to flow of water during filling .We are not in a jungle
@John Mathew, Thanks for the well thought out opinion that. We need people like you to speak for the truth in the western media.
@@mohdmagdi1 What are you talking about? Get your head out of the sand so you can think clearly.
🇪🇹 go go Ethiopia go! 👍🏼 🇧🇷 we support the damn dam 👊🏼 progress it's the future eliminate the poverty inside Africa
thanks for your support Brazil viva lake!
Love Brazil from Ethiopia ❤️
Yes lets stop Egypt's water and kill millions?
@@realpolitics527 that'll be fun.
Real Politics No let’s work together. Let Egypt stop being unfair.
If Egypt thinks colonial era agreement is valid they saying still colony of Great Britain !
@Hassan Sallah you know what Ethiopia kicked your ass twice read history !
@Thomas L too much talk no action !
@Thomas L everyone had slaves in that time but only you had slaves in 19th and 20th century
PM Abiy made another agreement which is similar to that one...the Guy is selling our country.
@@betht840 I am 100% sure you're Weyane !
This is probably the most absurdly biased report anyone might hear ever. You were even desperate enough to use tiktok videos to back your point. Shame!
Judging from the comments underneath every single KZhead video on this topic and Ethiopias arrogance during the negotiations , its pretty clear that the tiktok video reflects quite a strong opinion by Ethiopians. So no bias by the BBC, just facts.
@spizzardo A report that claims colonial rules still apply is more than absurd to me. A report which claims the poor should continue in more depravity so that the richer stay comfortable is absurdly biased to me. If this annoys anyone, well i can't help.
@@tareka.4857 Probably that is the only means to tell the concerned world about the whole truth when one's country is systematically made out of the game, unheard and misunderstood due to continuous deliberate one sided media propoganda.
Keep in mind that Gedu A., with only 5BCM in the new reservoir has tweeted "The Nile is ours" thus all the video was showing is a shifting power dynamic. The argument however can be made that amateur video should not have been shown. Report is incorrect in the notion (2:49 I believe) that Egypt claims the 1959 treaty is still in effect. Based on the 2015 Declaration of Principles (which makes no reference to historical treaties) all 3 countries signed article IV states 'The three countries shall utilize their shared water resources in their respective territories in an equitable and reasonable manner'
@@eone3102 You should watch SABC if you think media is automatically biased towards Egypt and I don't deny this may be the case sometimes
You know why? we don’t want to accept colonialists negotiation. The Egyptian’s suppose to come to African negotiations with the owner not with the colonials
kristof verbruggen I’m Egyptian but I have to admit, colonialists do everything for themselves and don’t think about others. Just look at how much poorer India became under Britain. It’s because britain stole everything from them. They do everything for themselves
Well said
@kristof verbruggen just stfu
@kristof verbruggen Fuck off before your country gets colonized.
@@eyobgenene795 lol, brilliant responce. These countries will still be blaming the UK for their failings a hundred years from now.
They don’t want Ethiopia to grow? 🙄
“They want egyptians to die by taking away their water”
We don't want to lose our farmlands
We the somalis support ethiopia and NOT egypt. When ethiopia and somalia had drought did egypt care? Answer is No. ethiopia go ahead and prosper
Of course we want Ethiopia tp grow, i'd care for nothong less, but not on the price of the only source of water we have, we never had any problems with you building your dam, President Al Sisi even said it, we have tried all kinds of negotiations with you people and for some reason you are unwilling to comply. I really hope that this crisis would get solved peacefully before our governement loses its patience.
@No time like Koh time when diplomacy fails, war begins. This is the sad truth of our reality, especially if its a matter of survival.
No, the dam belongs to Ethiopia , the river should be shared with 11 countries, not just two of them , so the river , since 86% comes from Ethiopia , Ethiopia should get lion share,period
Period..........
We're not even asking for the lions share. Just a one time fill that can be done 4-7 years.
👏👏👏👏👏👏 we will not carry on with colonial agreement ...
@@rediettadesse2828 1902 treaty and International Treaty. ..
Its like using ur neighbor's WiFi and telling them not to use it just because its speed is becoming slower for you. This is whats Egypt trying to do
Haha well said
that's an oversimplification though principally correct.
Great example
The Nile doesn't belong to Ethiopia alone, it is an international river that crosses 3 contries.
You don't need wifi to stay alive.
So Egypt doesn't want to increase their desalination capacity and use the several vast aquifers beneath their feet, but would rather blame Ethiopia for all its water woes.
That is exactly what they are trying to do! Unfortunately they are messing up with a strong nation and every Ethiopian is following the issue attentively. See the comment section!
And they spend 4-11 billion on weapons i don’t know who they trying to fight. The entire Africans?
BBC stop this bias analysis. This is a very sensitive issue that could potentially lead this two countries in to war. Why is the world against Ethiopia? Hundreds of Ethiopian literally die from hunger every day, and they see GERD dam a hope not too, Yet BBC & other Media misleading the world against Ethiopia. Who is asking much here? Who is fair & who is unfair here? Let the whole world know that Ethiopia believes in equitable (not equal ) use of the water , b/c they understand Egypt need more Nile water . Ethiopia says let us all share the water ( produce 86% of the Nile), Egypt says don’t touch the water( produce 0% of the Nile). Ethiopia has moral superiority in this issue. GERD dam is a matter of life & death for Ethiopians now. 110 million people will die to protect it if it is necessary. The rest of the world deserves to know the truth so that they know with whom they stand for in this case. We will fill the dam in three years, we will produce electricity & we will irrigate millions of hectares. No one will stop this .
There are huge environmental impact in both of the mentioned sources, and it takes time and money to built the infrastructure. You have multiple other rivers that you could have utilized. Why did you go for the Nile when you knew that Egyptians are not giving up their share easily?
We have but it hasn’t changed ethiopia really . This will change are country once it is filled . Also Ethiopia has rights to the dam to so ...
It’s my dam!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ethiopia building our water on our soil so we have right to use our source.
But by doing that you may hurt others if not done correctly
Dark Rising yes, but we are not doing that!we are hoarding excess of our waters.
@Wong Lee in your dreams barbie
@@darkrising8280 we can not be forced to send anyone water ,let alone all of it, that is produced in our own land ! we do not ask them to send us their oil for free , do we? why should they be entitled to resources that are from our own land???
@@FASIL377 bro in order for life to survive u need water it's like inhumane just to say egypt and Sudan to get 0 water by doing that ur killing everything in thoes regions but what do I know maby killing life is pretty fun
Egypt invested its resources in military might preparing for this, but the truth is it won't work, Sub-Saharan Africa will support ethiopian 100% and that ethiopia has a right to use its waters for anything.
Sad thing is, it's only going to take 1 well placed explosive to destroy "their dam" and they will be set back for another 5-10 years not to mention the massive debt they will still be paying, for the destroyed dam. Risky play on their behalf, play with fire...
Thank you big with love💛🇪🇹
@@bradleymein6626, The water is not about the river but the catchment area, what if Ethiopians decide to farm and cut down trees in the water towers of the blue Nile.?
@@fanfullenambani25 In case of war all will loose instead of developing our countries . We are not enemies , we are neighbours and we will be forever, so why not behave peacefully as civilized poeple . It is a pleasure to us in Egypt that u develop ur economy but u should also consider the communities that live along the river in Egypt and Sudan working as farmers , do you think it is acceptable or believable anyone threaten their existence
@@bradleymein6626 and it will take poisoned water to kill everyone downriver so Egypt will still loose
No where in the world does a downstream country claim the lion's share of a river. The level of disrespect Egypt has for Africa amuses me.
Why would you think Egypt has no respect for african countries?
That was British idea when Britain was in colonial power in Egypt they signed paper to have the river for egypt only ... that they still claim it to be true .... they must be idiot to think that now
Egyptiansoldier Brcause Egypt has repeatedly sent spy’s and funded separatist groups in Ethiopia to destabilize the country. And they have said this clearly on the media. How do you consider this as Egypt respecting other African countries? And plus Arabs in Egypt are racist towards other black African countries in many ways. So why would Egypt think any African country would side with them over any matter? There’s a reason why Egypt went to the Arab league and America over this issue rather than the African Union. Cause Egypt knows and the rest of the African countries know about these truths that I just mentioned.
No one on earth stops Ethiopia to use there water resource.
@K J haha no I love the UK.. but should take responsibility what they did in the past and involve themselves to stand to the truth n to create peace now ... the UK gov should stand against what colonizers did to Africa... and announce the agreement is no longer valid on their part.. because they signed it... don't u think ?
we dont expect a balanced report from the one who works for Egypt behind the scene !
How delusional can a person be, my god.
you thought so ?!!!
Why you put that TikTok video in the middle of a serious conversation? You ain't that slick
Why the tik tok 🤔 in the serious conversation I don’t get it bbc
BBC is taking a piss.
BBC is for Egypt. BBC even said it's built using loans
BBC stop this bias analysis. This is a very sensitive issue that could potentially lead this two countries in to war. Why is the world against Ethiopia? Hundreds of Ethiopian literally die from hunger every day, and they see GERD dam a hope not too, Yet BBC & other Media misleading the world against Ethiopia. Who is asking much here? Who is fair & who is unfair here? Let the whole world know that Ethiopia believes in equitable (not equal ) use of the water , b/c they understand Egypt need more Nile water . Ethiopia says let us all share the water ( produce 86% of the Nile), Egypt says don’t touch the water( produce 0% of the Nile). Ethiopia has moral superiority in this issue. GERD dam is a matter of life & death for Ethiopians now. 110 million people will die to protect it if it is necessary. The rest of the world deserves to know the truth so that they know with whom they stand for in this case. We will fill the dam in three years, we will produce electricity & we will irrigate millions of hectares. No one will stop this .
BBC is a Clone
Is it too much to ask the BBC to speak the whole truth, just for once? I suppose that might conflict with the company's "Mission & Vision"!
after a few years there will not be a free water, Sudan and Egypt must pay for the up-stream countries.
This is of interest:-"Water loss from the lake (Nasser) is a national problem. The evaporated water loss ranges between 10 and 16 billion m3 every year, which is equivalent to 20-30% of the Egyptian income from Nile water" So 20-30% of Egyptian CLAIMED Nile water is available to them if they just get rid of Lake Nasser. In English we say that is like shooting yourself in the foot. (AKA self inflicted injury)
Not even in your dreams
As much as BBC looked to stay neutral in this report, leaving out vital details like Ethiopia contributing more than 80% of the Nile is bad reporting. Nonetheless to say, we don't want Egyptians to suffer too! Hope all goes well and peace will be our only language 🙏
i agree with you. Both countries should have equal rights to the water without any of them suffering
Not to mention the leaked footage where Egypt were in talks to bomb the dam.
@@ajmohabi4654 All possibilities are on the table. I bet Ethiopia is not as dumb as to think Egypt dose not have that contingency plan and is not prepared for all. But I really hope both keep a cool head, unlike that orange puppet spitting non sense to compensate.
The BBC Journalist say the Dam is Ethiopian but the river is not. That is not True. #TheRiverisMine It is called #ABAY.
And you're called an ape.
@@Music-xp5wg and you're called an Albino
@@Music-xp5wg and you are called "brain cells absent without leave between your ears" . .....aka an absolute A grade MORON!
Egypt u are part of the Arab leguae ask them for water 💦 Ethiopia 🇪🇹 fill that Dam now... ✌🏾
Egypt is Africa land, not arab land. They can speak arabic because many prophet caming, and marriage. In real Egypt is africa
Egyptians aren't arabs tho, they're copts amd nubians who wer invaded and colonised by ethnic arabs. They might be the arab republic but they will never be arabs
Hussein .S if you see most Egyptians on KZhead doing their DNA tests, yes they have Coptic blood, and some Nubian blood. But a chunk is Arabic blood and even Greek blood. I’ve seen most of them having Arab blood in the highest amount.
@@Asphedal sure but they're not pure arabs. As I've said that they were colonised and arabised. Hence why they have arab blood. I have 100 percent arab heritage and I'm from Pakistan
Propaganda shit that will disappear at the light of an explosion of the first missile hitting that dam if ethiopia stopped the dam flow
We have built our Dam ,not on the river Nile ,but on our river ABAY in Athiopia.
@Ahmed Shush
@Ahmed you have to be quiet pharaoh sons
@TruthHurts Ethiopia is not wrong ... Before 5 years no one on this world knows that Nile source is ethiopia they thought that it is Egypt river ... & again ethiopia is not wrong because the purpose of the dam is electricity production . Abay river (Ethiopia)💚💛❤
@TruthHurts shared by who? It belongs to us. You lot are relying on an outdated colonial agreement created by your British masters which was made without Ethiopia being apart of the discussion. Guess what? We’re going to go forward with this whether you like it or not. God bless Ethiopia.
@@FBI-rx3fm If Ethiopia does not want to Colonial agreements have to come out of the Benishangul region, the Dam region, because it is Sudanese, and Britain gave it to Ethiopia.
Not only the dam, the water inside my country is mine. No body tells me what to do by the money inside my pocket. Egypt owes Us the thousands of years free water debt. IT'S MY DAM, IT'S MY WATER.
Go Ethiopia 🇪🇹 Kenyans support you
faith muriungi Love Kenya from Ethiopia ❤️
The water evaporates for the sea to form clouds which is transferred by the wind to Ethiopia and then rain, so don’t act as if you are the ones that dig the river or as you put any effort in the water plus the river was there before ethiopia so by sense it is not owned by Ethiopia. LET THE RIVER FLOW
@@mohamedhamedabdulaziz4338 if it's not our water come and stop us from filling the dam
I am from far far away (iraq) but we support Ethiopia water is yours dam is yours 🌷
The ideal solution would be to calculate a perfect fair share of water between all nations based on their population. The problem is this leads to the conclusion that Egypt has been using massively more than their fair share for decades. For example, Egyptian irrigation is so incredibly water inneficient. If Egypt investmented in modernising their irrigation they could save a lot of water, but they won't. Isntead they want to keep what water supply they currently have, and even have room for expansion.
This is part of the problem. Egypt does not get it! It is diverting the Nile out of its basin and discharges into the desert to irrigate desert farms for the Saudis and others. There is so much water wastage in Egypt. Ethiopia and the other upper riparian countries need to develop the water resource for survival. Equitable and fair use is the way forward!
@@fasilbelachew5217 Egypt imports over 1/2 of its food, has the largest water recycling facility on earth, and recycles upwards of 25 BCM per year www.reuters.com/article/us-ethiopia-dam-factbox/factbox-key-facts-about-ethiopias-giant-nile-dam-idUSKBN1XG21L#:~:text=of%20fresh%20water.-,THE%20DAM,toppled%20former%20President%20Hosni%20Mubarak.
support me. This is my country😭😭😭😭😭😭
I feel bad for Egypt
That is not accurate the truth is , Egypt needs 110 billion M2 water per year, the Nile supply Egypt by only 55 per year, Egypt currently have established many projects such as recycling waste water ( the biggest recycling waste water station in the world) and renovate water canals in addition to following a modernized irrigation methods (those projects cost Egypt billion of dollars) Now the Great dam by Athiopia is a real and Egypt believe that is noway to stop it the only concern now that Athiopia should share the proper information about the operation of the dam. For example, last year Egypt due to the false information Athiopia said she is going to restore 8 billion M2 water to operate the turbines to generate electricity so Egypt reduced the plantation of rice by 50% and prevent export the rice to be able to survive against the shortage of the water based on the Athiopia announcement but unfortunately Athiopia only restored 3 billion M2 water and Egypt lost billions of dollars ( which is called in economy the opportunity cost) Also, due to the misconduct by Athiopia, they caused floods in Sudan as they are not cooperative with Sudan , Sudan decided to restore more water in their dams based on Athiopian’s announcement but unfortunately the unexpected overflow lead to floods Now the main concern that building a dam is not only about restoring water but also the operation of the dam is affecting on the other countries that will help to avoid the side effects of the drought time, also. Athiopia should be more cooperative regarding the operation of the dam and to share the accurate information to help Sudan and Egypt to effectively operate their resources. We are all humans and brothers and we should not use that for internal political benefits and looking forward for cooperation and peace
Egyptians are whining about a dam that does not consume any water. Wait until Ethiopia decides to irrigate millions of hectares.
The thing is that dam could potentially destroy the flow of water to the Nile. It might destroy the entire eco-system and livelihood of millions. What complicated the situation is that Ethiopia refuses to guarantee the consistent flow of water. Even if they do, it is never good when your entire existence depends on someone else. Ethiopia must accept responsibility and share the management of the dam with other countries , if it is to build a dam , because it might affect others.
@@yersultankossymov8475 that's true, but you also have to consider than Egypt and Sudan signed a deal that gave the two countries 80% of all Nile water, without consulting any other nation. Countries do need to talk about the dam, but it has to be considered that many nations downstream are using much more than their fair share
Water does not flow up hill. Gerd is near the Sudan border and it is the Sudan that can really use canals to take water from the higher dam waterline to irrigate huge areas of land! Ethiopia is doing the right thing, filling dam in the wet season. Want to hear Egypt really complain? Fill the dam during the dry season and dry up the Nile! Unfortunately that sounds what Egypt wants as they do not want the dam filled up now, during the high flow/flooding season. When else can you fill the dam?
@@yersultankossymov8475 but egypts existance was dependent on the soil, that silt from ethiopia that runs down since before the first civilization, egypt is the child of ethiopia, and the water is from where it originates from ethiopia not down stream....nobody raised a finger when the uganda built dams why should they raise when ethiopia does so....a country has a right to its natural resources....and its not like egypt didnt come to invade ethiopia twice, is that not challenging our existence huh?
Yes egypt better cone to agreement and give us a share so that we use our share for irrigation ... but I don't see them doing it tho ...
Ethiopia: Contributes 86% to the Nile as a whole. Egypt: contributes 0% to the Nile as a whole. Ethiopia: Origin of the Blue Nile Ethiopia owns the Blue Nile. Simple.
This is how the river flows and you are playing against nature and anyone who plays against nature loses
Human: contributes 0% Nature: contributes 100% You did not dig the Nile you did not produce the water it is a nature cycle
Mohamed Hamed 🤔nature give us to use it right?????
Mohamed Hamed Nah that’s not how it works bro. God gave us the gift of the blue Nile first and we use our gift and share it with y’all. With this gift from God, Ethiopia as a country that belongs to the Ethiopians contributes 86%. Egypt on the other hand as a country contributes 0%
Mohamed Hamed Ethiopia will create a man made lake and put human contribution into the Nile. But whether human contribution is there or not the Nile comes from our God given land so it’s ours.
Ethiopia has the right to use Abay(Nile) water 65% of Ethiopian don't have Electricity. Just like they describe us we are not evil we want to use some portion of our water
its your water, it flows from your land. Egypt has no right.You have the 100% right, May Allah help you in this fight to evil countries like Egypt.
@@muhammedkeser7064 Egypt was not evil. You are spiteful against Egypt because it is the greatest country in the world. Egypt defends its rights and wants good for everyone. Egypt wants an agreement that binds its historical rights only, and Ethiopia can do that and no country is harmed. Ethiopia can produce the electricity it wants, but Ethiopia wants to steal the water of Egypt and Sudan. And sell it to them
@@mohamedbahgat293 is Egypts water in Egypt or somewhere else? Lol yeah a great country haha. BTW I don't hate or like Egypt, just saying what's fair on this issue
@@muhammedkeser7064 You are a man, your education is weak. I hope that reading the international laws of transnational rivers will benefit you. If only God made a mouth for a mouth, Ethiopia would have been a lake, and no one would live in it. God created everything, not Ethiopia or another country. The river crosses the borders, so no country can reserve water from another country. Thinking of a population or people living in the Middle Ages. You want the alleged development at the expense of more than 100 million people, for this is not development, this is barbaric.
you realize that egypt has no problem with building the dam and generating electricity BUT filling the dam right ?! Plus there are alot of ways to generate electricity **5 or more smaller dams instead of one ** choose a better location of the dam .. infront of lake tana with 50 bcm you can generate electricity fast without needing to fill the reservoir as it is already there right! ** powerplants using gas (faster and cheaper to build) ** solar and wind YOUR PROBLEM IS NOT ELECTRICITY IT IS WATER ITSELF.. why egypt gets water it is ours 😁
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The report is not fair the "dam is theirs but the river isn't " what does this mean the water cames from ethiopia. Ethiopia contribute 86% comes from Ethiopia and that makes Ethiopia the owner
He is British, and conflicted. He cannot understand that the jewel on the queen's crown was pillaged from the inheritance of an 11 year old son of a maharaja. They talked the poor kid into gifting it to Queen Victoria. It is the largest jewel in the world. If that is not child abuse what is? So, nothing the reporter said is surprising. Colonial Britain lost Egypt and Hong Kong in the same month.
You live in Africa so you don't understand the meaning of river that crosses borders, come to Asia and see for yourself. There would be war between countries if claims, historically speaking there was no border but people settled in bank of the river, nobody should have unfair claims on it.
River has a course and belongs to all countries where it flows from
This river belongs to everyone, but telling Ethiopian people what to do and not to do doesn't make any sense in current century. #It's my dam and we are open to negotiate
Europe is with Egypt so everyone else should be with Ethiopia.
Get your facts straight, both the dam and the major source of the water is Ethiopia🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹! Its obvious your media doesn't want Ethiopia to grow now!! We want to grow and no one will stop that.
Bravo Ethiopia for standing up for yourself. Egypt has no rights on a dam built in your country. They can voice their concerns and you should listen to your neighbors but you are doing a great service to your people building and exploiting this magnificent project. I stand with Ethiopia.
Its not about the dam, it's about the water that arrives in Egypt. You know what the consequences are for Egyptians and their economy? Its about survival. An upstream nation always has a responsibility towards downstream countries. Thats not too hard to understand is it? Ethiopians wont be hurt by filling the dam up slowly, since they cant even fully use the electricity they produce anyways. There should be a treaty in place how long the filling will take and how much water is releases during drought. Thats what responsibility means. Not acting like a stubborn child. But countries who still live in the 18th century dont get that. If worst comes to worst Egypt should use sanctions and any resort it has to protect its peoples right to freshwater!
Tarek A. Well maybe that your people have been talking to Ethiopians with contempt and that will explain why you don’t agree. Ethiopia has already agreed to slow down the filling of the dam but Egypt want to have a say into the day to day management of the dam of a foreign and independent country (which is not acceptable). Maybe that the country living in the 18 century is not the one you think of. Egypt think of itself as a regional power that can belittle others around
@@dujardinmtl its just basic logics.. When there is a drought, the upstream nation that builds a dam and thereby threatens the downstream nations water supplies, has to release more water. Its got nothing to do with contempt or arrogance, its common sense.
Tarek A. Yeah nobody disputes that Egypt and Ethiopia will have to keep discussions channels open because of the nature of the flow but the arrogance of Egypt on the subject is just nerve racking. Especially after knowing that you guys have flooded Sudan when building Aswan. Be humble with your neighbor and you might get some interesting results. Play thug and suffer the consequences. My opinion even as a foreigner on the subject. Welcome to 21st century
@@dujardinmtl well logics have never been the biggest strength of Africa
We are Ethiopian's who believe with logical reasoning! We proud with our blackness! As far as we have the answer for all Egyptian quation!
I agree on that even i am not ethophian
@LateralRazor Egypt is located in Africa, open a map!
@LateralRazor Egyptians color or ethnicity isn't a discussion issue here, unless some races are more deserving of life than others which will be pure racism.
@LateralRazor you have other rivers, use them!
LateralRazor what does the race of Egyptians have to do with filling up a dam. We gotta stick to one subject that will actually get us somewhere. Not fight over a people’s ethnicity.
The best deal is the one will get after we filled our Dam #GOETHIOPIA🇪🇹
Sameh Mostafa UK 😂 really that’s how you think 🤔 listen man we all know Egypt has a military power guss what they know really well if they use power they will lose all the water in the future remember 86% of the water coming from Ethiopian territory if we don’t get our fair share we will block or destroy the lion source of the water (which is lake tana ) we never colonized and we don’t accept colonial agreement period!! I hope I make it clear for your stupid ass
@Sameh Mostafa UK you can't hit shit,we know very well this is propaganda , you don't have the capacity or the balls to do it but just in case, the dam is protected 24/7 with anti aircraft missiles,any attempt wether successful or not will force us divert Blue Nile water to good neighbors and your last water would be coming from your camel's hump.
Yet, we still hope the deal come quickly.
@Sameh Mostafa UK What's wrong with you? That's uncalled for. The Agreements have been laid down since 2011. Especially in the summer of 2015 that Egypt signed. Now, it wants the even worse deal of the 1902 with Menelik II. He had no idea what Dams were? Egypt had no idea what betrayals could cause. Most inhumane kind of greed.
Sameh Mostafa UK , sweet heart no chance winning Ethiopia if you don’t know our history I will tell you. We are a nation never colonized by any country. Our father won the war. Also you didn’t win the fight with tiny country Israel 6 day war. IT’S MY DAM.
biased reporting shame on you
Humm Dam in Ethiopia, water rain in Ethiopia, sounds like Ethiopias water to do as they please, maybe Egypt would like to purchase some.
That's just dick move
please kill nature please do it
@@voidofspaceandtime4684 man's wants to kill everything in Egypt and sudan
@@darkrising8280 this will inevitably harm ethiopia too. dams cause excess problems for the area around them.
It’s my dam.
Egypt wishes something impossible means that's telling everyone what's doing unacceptable even for Ethiopia Nile is more than mater of life it's 112 million people life changing matter no one he can't complain even whatever who said un acceptable
"No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot!" -- Mark Twain
its tough dealing with Liberals. i do agree with Twain
@@unpaidtroll8475 I read Mark Twain book in third grade "The Adventures of Huckleberry Flynn " it had my favorite word written in it 129 times 😎
'Bullying and Hegemony leads to helplessness' _That's me.
@@Brian-cx3np hahaha, good one. I didn't know it was 129 times.
@@7PsiPhi7 I stand corrected. I actually believed it for years. A friend of mine even had a tshirt. I stand corrected. Thanks.
Dam it man just fill the Dam
Now you telling us to be reasonable where have you been the last hundred years when you guys draw our borders and sign everything as if we are not exist. I got a question for you who gave you the right to sign behalf US. You can say anything you like but THIS IS OUR DAM AND OUR WATER!!!
Wow ...
But doesn't the amount of water going into the river become constant once the reservoir is filled up? Apart from increased evaporation or if the reservoir is used to irrigate new farmlands.
Ya once it filled up it will be constant and Ethiopian will never hurt Egyptian b/c we love them idk what they respond but we will never want our brother and sisters in Egypt having trouble with water we need to be read each other
3:42 even during drought! And we know Ethiopia has its share of famines. They will keep the water for the selves then.
right, the amount of water flowing will not be affected once the dam is filled and they also agreed about the filling of the dam. The problem is now that Egypt wants to make sure that it controls all the waters of NIle forever and want to make an agreement with Ethiopia and Sudan. Ethiopia don't want to make any agreement without the participation of other Nile-Basin countries, nor make water sharing part of the current agreement. That being said the Egyptians are about to lose their power over the region as Ethiopia is getting more powerful and this Dam is the most important project in the nations history.
D B i didn’t say that. But they did ran out of food in the 80’s. I think Egypt should pay for water though.
Am i missing something? Egypt and sudan still have the white nile to themselves. Along with whatever Ethiopia release of the blue nile. Both sudan and egypt will still have water regardless. Ethiopia has more of a right to the blue nile than any other country due to where its located. So egyptians moaning like they gonna die of thirst or not having enough water for crops. Or not enough to wash their clothes is absurb.
we're 100 million people , we need more than the white nile waters
@@ahmody7500 we ethiopians are 110 million people too ... and we need it more than you do .... 1 we never used it for centuries 2 we r in a way more worse condition than privileged egypt
@@ahmody7500 but the blue nile is not the source of the river nile which runs through egypt and sudan. The white nile is the source of the river, therefore you will always have constent water regardless of how much blue nile on top you get. Sounds to me egypt and sudan are just being greedy. To be honest it looks like they have for far too long now. That treaty made by the british was in 1959. Its 2020 now and egypt still seem to think the blue nile belongs to them. Euthopia have been unfairly treated all this time when it comes to the river. That 1959 treaty should be scrapped. As it doesn't belong in the world of today.
You mised nothong.Except Egypt is acting like a super power dictating all over the world
Can you imagine if the water flow from Egypt to Ethiopia 🇪🇹?? They might not share a droplets 💧 . #itsmydam #fillthedam
That's not true, you monsters
Ethopia sucks
There is no river called Blue Nile in Ethiopia. We have a river called Abaye in Ethiopian territory and we have built a dam on it for the benefit of millions of Ethiopians living in total darkness. Congrats ethiopians where ever you are.
Egypt should pay for the water that belongs to the people Ethiopia
my brother we care about our brothers in Sudan and Egypt that is why we waited this long to find a safer way to reach an agreement but your leaders only care about their ppl we Ethiopians suffer too much by not using our own resources ..Ethiopia has all the right to use our resource us we fit
Who forced 1929, 1959 exclusive powers to Egypt? The Brits. Who makes this report sympathizing to Egypt? Also the Brits.
This has nothing to do with Europe
who said that it does?
Because, Great Britain is part of Europe
We don't want them to mange our water in the future we will make them to pay every drop
Where is all this hate coming from? Why do you people hate us that much. That water is not yours alone.
We don't hate Egypt people we hate Egypt government gave as so much pain
@@davidhelloafricashow4688 how did the Egyptian government give you so much pain, the Egyptian government is the Egyptian people. They represent the people, they are protecting us and our right for water. Your comment is full of hatred towards us, and i really wish that was not the case, we are both african countries who have ambitions to grow, we should help each other, not tear each other apart. I really wish this crisis would come to an end with a peaceful solution. May God help us all
I will answer u.when u answer this question did Egypt ask permission from Ethiopian 19 60 when the build and fill the aswan dam.with our water our land nobody tells what to do? All Africa with as
@@davidhelloafricashow4688 dude, are you listening to yourself, our dam does not affect any nation, we are the last downstream country, the nile ends with Egypt, the Aswan dam does not affect neighboring nations, the GERD will. No comparison here mate.
A biased report to the Egyptian side, but we don't care as who is with who, we will fill the dam. It is my dam, It is my river! Proudly Ethiopian!!
Advice to Ethiopians. Don’t give a dam to what the British says
#It is our dam and soon you will see the end of it bringing fortune to our land of heaven Ethiopia.
Weather you like or not we Ethiopian will fulfil our ambition.
Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan, the three countries share Nile waters, and so they must sit on the table and reach a win-win agreement. Egypt is ready to discuss any issue and 100 % want prosperity for Ethiopians. Please support the three countries and hold for peace. Adam Moroccan from Canada
They seriously need to learn to share. There's enough for everyone!
Yes man. Or there gonna be a war
Yeah dude, idk why Ethiopia doesn't want to share they want all for them only☹
3000 years they enjoyed the fruits the Nile, now it's about damn time Ethiopians get their fair share
At this point Egypt has a strategic interest in pushing ethnic conflict and destabilisation in Ethiopia. If you're interested there's actually a great video that goes in depth about the ethnic tensions and current unrest in Ethiopia: kzhead.info/sun/qaZqqqeXfqCZqa8/bejne.html
MR. U R wrong the DAM was built by each and everyone salary through bond not donation from outsider. we always proud by ourselves as usual :ITS MY DAM:🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹
This is my dam my blood my water. GOD BLESS MY COUNTRY ETHIOPIA 🇪🇹
Ethiopia! Go Go Go if Egypt don't care about we Ethiopians we put our pen down and do what it takes! HABSHAS ITS OUR DAM.
We have every right to fill our dam, it’s our water that comes from our land. You guys talk about your disgusting political problems when it’s all about the people that lived in the dark for centuries!! How heartless and selfish!! #fillthedam #itsourdam
Egypt has Never been said Thank you! for the people of Ethiopia for 100s years free water flows. Now the time has come to teach you the lesson how to say please!, Be humble, respectful, and thoughtful selfless approaches during conversation. Remember! Ethiopian Life Matter too.
Interesting story but no mentions of the seven other dams on the Nile
Natural right Ethiopians never mind Egypt
Egypt is getting punishment from god not Ethiopia. Reason why is they denied Palestinians the right to live. Now god is denying Egyptians the right to live. What a justice......
At this point Egypt has a strategic interest in pushing ethnic conflict and destabilisation in Ethiopia. If you're interested there's actually a great video that goes in depth about the ethnic tensions and current unrest in Ethiopia: kzhead.info/sun/qaZqqqeXfqCZqa8/bejne.html
Ignorant hater
its my dam Bro!! ......no one can stop to fill the dam& generate hydroelectric power to much needed 60 min people
"Ethiopia is waiting for no one" #Itsmydam💪
Not even in your dreams
ETHIOPIA IS THE SOURCE OF 86 % OF THE NILE RIVER ,Ethiopia 🇪🇹 is the one SET THE RULES.
how to share the water equally if the river in the upstream is blocked for a reservoir? Just curious.
No one can stop the flow of the river except God. Egyptian politicians are deliberately escalating disagreements. They know the dam never hurts Egyptian people. It's not for irrigation. It beats turbines and then goes down as usual
What if all those Nile based country start building a dam .... I want to see that happen and I want to see what Egypt can do. Egypt contribute 0% to Nile but on the other side ethiopia contribute 86-90% ( 90% in winter time ) so we can use our resource without asking any countries permission. Over 60 million people are out of electricity in Ethiopia so we want to grow that’s all. As non colonize countries we will not accept any further colonialism agreement if Egypt want cooperation then come one step by leave that agreement. One love to Africa 🎶 Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights!
I wish I could see that too 🙏🙏🙏
@@elianattt3369 we already made dams for many nile basin countries but ethiopia is harming us unlike other africans
Dude egypt asked for a fair share and then ethiopia went arrogant and claimed full rights on an international river. not the other way around
Yes it's my Dam. Egypt has no right over Nile river. We will build two three Dams over Nile this is the first step.
But are you not hurting people with dam 😢
Wow so greedy
Egypt is acting like a selfish ,spoiled kid who want everything from the neighbouring houses .
When the basin has filled up, they need to release the same amount of water, as before the dam was build, not to overflow the country. There's no problem. Although evaporation will increase a bit. And Ethiopia has 100% right to the water in their own country. Period!
%100 rights not even your dreams
We are with Ethiopia with military and diplomacy support from Turkey
It's Ethiopians river don't get it confused
it's the nile. nature owns it. ethiopia is temporary. so is egypt.
We didn’t build the dam for fun...🥰😍 light up the dam now🇪🇹🇪🇹👑
Africa is the future and the true land of god, shine ethiopia let your dams and rivers flow fully and freely for it's your time to rise as an example of prosperity and progress for Africa, my heart and prayers are with you.
Thank you bro. We love you too. We never want to hurt Egyptians. Their politicians are deliberately escalating disagreements.
@@melesegirmaye9682 awe bro appreciate the love and respect however I have no Egyptian affiliation as I am from south Africa originally and have always loved Africa as whole and true homeland. We shall as Africa conquer any challenge and witness the day the continent becomes a paradise of the world.
Every corner of human Bing are understand one thing about this Dam. this dam is unique compere of other dams of the world because this huge dam built by our own resources such as financial , human and also partially technological resource comes from our internal potential. Therefor, this dam is not just a project for us this is the icon of our unity. GOD BLESS MOTHER LAND OF ETHIOPIA
Clean water is the new oil.
#its my dam #it’s my river 🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹💪🏿
The principle of "MEDEMER " or "Coming together" DOES NOT mean to compromise but to come together . Not to Go or Come alone.
Re-upload?
Egypt can have the Nile in her territory for the next billion years. No one has a problem with it. But the problem is that Egypt is demanding and interfering with the Nile River in other countries. Nile River in Egypt belongs only to Egypt. Nile River in Ethiopia belongs only to Ethiopia. It is the same with other Nile basin nations, too. No one is telling Egypt what to do with the Nile in her territory and for the same reason Egypt has no what so ever right or reason to tell others what to do with the Nile river in their own territories. What Egypt is doing is being hostile against those nations as she does towards Ethiopia for decades including today and that will cost her hugely for very long, long times to come. Ethiopians will never ever forget or forgive what Egypt has been doing against them for decades including today using jihadists and wild animal criminals. Nature that created river water didn't say or decide it has to be for free while trans boundary pipe line dirty and poison gas and oil have to be sell-able with high price. Water is the most use-able and sell-able items at shops, markets, hotels and so on measuring it with glass, cups, liters, bottles and so on. That means about 60 billion cubic meters Nile water in Egypt which is 60 trillion litters can bring at least 30 trillion dollar every year if it is sold with 50 cent per liter which is very cheap in the desert where water is the most expensive and decisive. If Egypt wants to take the case at UN, first UN has to treat the Nile river basin situation the same way with other 260 river basins worldwide. If UN wants to solve the problem fairly and the right ways based on international rules and regulations, it has to give all the Nile basin countries the same rights and their share of the Nile river based on who contributes how much water in to the river. Egypt not having River(s) is no ones problem but hers as many nations don't have many resources including oil and gas and they are buying them with high price.
what Jahadists Egypt are using??
Easy to say for British media... እንደጀመርነው እንጨርሰዋለን✊🏿 #GERD #ITSMYDAM #LONG LIVE ETHIOPIA🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹 💚💛❤
The dam being built and filled is a great success now we only start using abay(nile). This dam inspired me to be electrical engineering student, maybe i will get chance to work on the upcoming GERD-2( irrigation dam)
"The dam is yours but the river is not". WTF, that's like saying the plate is yours but the food isn't....instead of disclaiming the persons right on the food why don't you talk about ways to add more food on the plate. Like increasing the amount of rain on up stream countries by planting trees like Ethiopia
Very funny historical right for Egypt but the water belongs to ethiopia
it belongs to the all humans you are greedy
@@sosofra5354 what planet are you from? Don't be an id.iot.
If you are thinking the water belongs for everyone so why you are crying
@@redwanali5837 i am not crying i am so happy because this dam will damage soon btw i am not Egyptian am italian
Ha ha but still you are crying you know what i am happy you crying the dam will damage that what you said but only in your dream
Its OUR dam! OUR river 💪🏾 🇪🇹 ain’t nobody gonna tell us wt to do
You think!
@@hl-yz7gr truth hurts? It is what it is bro. That thang is ours and ours ONLY!
Yes Ethiopia get that water flowing it's time for Africa to rise up.
If you cant make them see the light make them feel the heat. Chief rule if negotiation always have a backup non too obvious in the eyes of the other side.
I don’t get the comments. Many people in the comments say that Egypt takes water from Ethiopia and that it’s their (Ethiopia’s) nile. That’s not the case. The Nile finishes its path in Egypt. It’s a part of all those countries. There should be negotiations that guarantee that this isn’t modified. Ethiopia should care for its own welfare, of course! But they should at least guarantee that the Nile isn’t blocked. Those who say this report is biased towards Egypt, that is also not the case. The report simply stated facts without favoring any sides.
Dear Ethiopian brothers, as an Egyptian, I would like to say that before all of this crap started I have always been proud to be born in Africa, and have always wanted my African neighbors to live in prosperity and to be happy, including Ethiopia, but after reading all of your comments everywhere, I am shocked from the amount of hatred and blame from you guys towards us, there is no denying that this is more than a dispute over a dam, you guys are taking advantage of this whole dam thing to let all of your hatred, blame, and arrogance out towards us, it makes me sick. I still hope all of this gets solved at the end without having to go to war with each other.
This seems like a good reporting. Well done.
Look at Ross Twatkinks' face at 0:22, especially in slo-mo playback - is he 'on something'?
We Moroccans and I have friends in Algeria, all support our Ethiopian brothers. It's your right