Egypt and Ethiopia Tussle at UN Security Council as Nile Dam Tensions Escalate

Sep 13, 2024 | Foundation for Defense of Democracies
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As tensions escalate between Egypt and Ethiopia over the latest filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Ethiopian Foreign Minister Taye Atske-Selassie urged UN officials to “take note of Egypt’s repeated threat to use force against Ethiopia” in a letter to the UN Security Council (UNSC) dated September 6. Ethiopia’s filling of the dam — which involves a gradual accumulation of water from the Nile river to the reservoir — is said to have a negative impact on the flow of the Nile into Egypt, decreasing the amount of water available to Cairo.