Egypt/Ethiopia: Ethiopia Leader Rejects Call for World Bank Arbitration in Dam Dispute

Jan 21, 2018 | Aaron Maasho, Reuters
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Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn has rejected a call by Egypt for World Bank arbitration in a dispute over a hydroelectric dam Addis Ababa is building along its share of the Nile. The two countries are at odds over the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, with Cairo fearing the project would restrict waters flowing down from Ethiopia’s highlands and through the deserts of Sudan to its fields and reservoirs.