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Regional tensions over the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

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April 2021
Sara Hasnaa Mokaddem & Mohammed Loulichki

It has been a decade now since the announcement of the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, and Ethiopia has recently just confirmed the success of its first phase of filling the Dam’s reservoir during the 2020 rainy season. However, the three Blue Nile countries have still not reached an agreement on the sharing of the Blue Nile waters. In this podcast, Sara Hasnaa Mokaddem, Manager of the Strategic Monitoring and Analysis Unit at the Policy Center for the New South engages in a conversation with Ambassador Mr. Mohamed Loulichki, Senior Fellow at the Policy Center for the New South to discuss the difficulties and the challenges of the ongoing negotiation process and the opportunities for a way forward?

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