What is water? Power & Conflict on the River Nile What is Water?

Water is power, politics, conflict, and resolution. And it’s a story that plays out all over the world everyday.

Join as we unpack the drama unfolding right now on the River Nile and show you a side of water that you never thought existed.

When water becomes political, who holds the power? Does it matter? And why can’t everyone just get along?



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(N.B. when getting to grips with a water story it's important to find different perspectives from many sources to understand the whole story and make your own conclusions. WiW? tries to provide reliable resources from various perspectives regardless of personal views).


World is One New (WION): Gravitas: Nile Dam talks fail, again (April 2021)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-NK8-2s7ww


Arab News: Egypt, EU discuss Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam crisis (Mar 2021)

https://arab.news/vfqzv


The New Arab: Sudan implies it could take control of contentious Ethiopia dam (Mar 2021)

https://english.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2021/5/2/sudan-implies-it-could-take-control-of-ethiopia-dam 


TRT World News: Why is the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam so controversial? (Feb 2021)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAI302LwJrA 


Journal: The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Egyptian National Security, and human and food security in the Nile River Basin (Jan 2021)

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23311886.2021.1875598 


Al Jezeera The Stream: Can Ethiopia and Egypt agree on the Nile? (Sept 2020)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jLnccqhYyo (25mins)


IHE Delft 💧 Prof. Pieter van der Zaag discusses the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (Jul 2020)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qp0ml3XrgSE (15mins)