Is Ethiopia Stealing Egypt's Water?
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- Опубликовано: 12 окт 2022
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Ethiopia's dam on the River Nile is continuing to create tension in Africa, with Egypt and Sudan both concerned about their fresh water supplies. In this video, we discuss the context behind this dispute and whether the GERD could start a war in Africa.
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What can you do about it doesn’t sound like Ethiopia is doing anything wrong to me
Egypt would almost certainly start a war over it.
Lol what??? Cutting water from ppl is not wrong??😂😂😂😂
@@faksoneBut they arent cutting off any water? Ethiopia is innocent seems like Egypt is pretty aggressive.
Egypt is still in colonial mode like in the days of the Anglo Egyptian Sudan, when they were colonial cohorts with Britain.
As an Ethiopian, everyone wants the dam to be completed with or without agreement, sanctions, pressure or anything else
Good. Egypt has been *wasting* the water from the Nile for decades
@@michaelscott5653lol we will wasting the blood except water
Would you be alright with the war too
Well as an Egyptian, I understand the Ethiopians' point of view, And I hope Ethiopia can advance it's economy. All African nations, I really do. It's not like we have anything against Ethiopians, And I hate how heated and enraged the discussions often get.
It's the eternal problem of our human condition really, There are so many of us with all our differences and we need to share the finite resources of our planet. But the problem is that we haven't seen mere willingness to negotiate let alone to offer any concessions from the Ethiopian government.
And I don't think most understand what the Nile is to Egypt. The Nile isn't just important to Egypt, Egypt IS the Nile. We owe our very existence to the thin blue line and it's green banks running in the middle of the Sahara desert, Since the first recorded settlement of ancient Egyptians from millennia. Look at satellite images of night urban lights of Egypt and you'll understand what I mean.
We've never been ones to solve our conflict with military means, And I condemn any war mongers from either side because it's shameful. But what I fear is that the Nile is such a huge national security concern to the point that if Ethiopia keeps acting unilaterally, This could reach a point that even the most self-restraining government could be forced into a conflict, Which I believe is something that both our people would hate to see. Diplomacy is how two civilized nations should resolve their disputes. Peace & love to all.
@@2ollyEzay Peace for all of us. As a Sudanese-Canadian living in Egypt alhamdulilah, I love Ethiopia and Egypt and I hope for peace. Beautiful countries 🇸🇩🇪🇬🇪🇹❤️
Good to mention Egypt is also building a town with a park four times the size of Central Park in the middle of the desert.
True! It looks amazing already! You should come and visit 😏
What a waste.
After it had already built another in the middle of the desert by the previous dictator.
Each dictator builts his own capital town, every time larger than the old one and leaves the rest of egypt poor and underdeveloped. This town is planned to have the tallest flagpole, the tallest skyscraper and a new military headquarter 4 times the size of the pentagon.
If memory serves, a similar issue involving water resources is happening in the former Soviet states of Central Asia. Looks like water wars could be a thing in the future.
Begun, the water wars have....
i mean once the dam is done the water will flow as normal
@@Noschool100 Breaking a dam might cause severe flooding temporarily, or destruction of anything built in the area after the dam was made. Quite a huge risk
Mad Max!
@@AquaticIdealist what do you mean by "breaking the dam" like Egypt bombing it? cause that's on Egypt.
and if your just saying it could collapse, like any structure could collapse.
No one that remembers the 1977 drought and famine in Ethiopia will even consider the halting of the construction if military action is what they see fit then it’s better to die fighting then starving the GERD is our future and our only hope for a better tomorrow !
Please put legends and numbers on the bar charts; it's a simple change but goes a long way for clear understanding
ikr these amateurs lack common sense.
@@69elchupacabra69 Then why are you watching them?
Hell of a title TLDR..... How the hell are Ethiopians stealing Egyptian water, in Ethiopia??!!
.. you watched the video?
@@ExpiredMike of course I did... So Egypt is allowed to dam the Nile, but Ethiopia can't? 2) Ethiopia built the dam in Ethiopia correct? Please enlightenment me buddy
YES if anything Egypt is stealing Ethiopia’s water
@@Protont absolutely
well if you change the curse of a river you are in fact stealing water
This old colonial agreements are laughable England was like “I don’t own Ethiopia but here I give u their water “😅
Not their water
@@uyu973 85% is from Ethiopia so it is, cry about it in your desert
@@LZ-no3go rivers are international and they don't belong to anyone.
If you stop the river from flowing, we Egypt will fight you till we die, destroying the dam and any other dam.
You want electricity you could build Electric plants or anything other means to produce electricity.
You spent so much money already.
@@LZ-no3go do you think we will watch and see our people die and our land and crops get destroyed for your stupid electricity.
You could build smaller dams instead but you just want to prevent the water.
@@uyu973 85% of the nile passing through egypt passes is from ethiopia
I don't even live in Africa but that is such an egregiously one sided title
@@jmithab2190 yes and the answer is NO
The anwser is yes
And the answer is yes !
what does egregiously mean
Some one is carrying an agenda i guess.
Egypt: "This is our water too and you're stealing it!"
Ethiopia: "I don't give a dam!"
Just for that cheesey joke I'd nuke them
LOL but it pretty much summarizes the relationship.
Except it's not Egypt's water... It literally comes from Ethiopia
@@slickrick2420
Oaks vs Maples
@@slickrick2420 it belongs to all the 11 countries!
I disagree, I doubt there will be a war over the Nile.
1. The upstream states, such as Kenya and Uganda, remain on friendly terms with Ethiopia. They are not affected by the dam and see no point in entering a needless conflict. An anti-Ethiopian coalition is an exaggeration.
2. The first three rounds of reservoir filling, caused little to no harm. In fact, floods in Sudan continued during the filling process.
3. Starting a war is easy but ending them can prove to be more challenging. Starting a war will also inevitably lead to sanctions and international isolation. Therefore Egypt and Sudan are unlikely to enter into a conflict, especially as international pressure would cause domestic instability.
4. Striking the dam is also out of question. Doing so will result in the release of 20 BCM of water, which would flush away Sudanese cities and compromise the structural integrity of the Aswan High Dam.
This comment is extremely minimalist and ignorant of the already brewing geopolitical tensions. Kenya & Uganda are already very strained because of the refugees fleeing the Ethiopian Government in masses. Same thing with Sudan + an intense and hot border conflict. Egypt is already on the verge of becoming a failed state -- and Ethiopia is already a failed state.
@@kingace6186 You say the comment is minimalistic but fail to prove how.
No Ethiopian refugees are entering Kenya in masses and Ethiopia does not even share a border with Uganda.
Just how does your comment prove that there will be a war between Ethiopia and Egypt ? If Egypt is becoming a failed state, as you claim, then the last thing it would want is war on it’s hands.
@@kingace6186 You are ignorant to think Ethiopia can be a failed state
Its not like you can avoid a war or something else even if u wanted to, there is a reason behind everything, and the reason is the Biblical prophecy must be fulfilled spoken by Ezekiel about the land of Egypt concerning the Nile river. Read Ezekiel 29, 1-21.
Point two is 90% false.
Are their any sanctions or isolation now on Ethopia? DO only thinhg some the world sanctions is Russia
is egypt stealing ethiopian water?
Ethiopia is stealing Egypt's water
No it isnt.. since Egypt's water usage doesnt affect Ethopia..
What about the fuckin Vito that limits the use of water for the past decades?
Video title should be 'is Egypt stealing Ethiopia's Nile water ?'
Answer to your fake ass title is NO! The current one is great and speaks the truth about this conflict!
@@golden8442 Egypt should pay Ethiopia for every gallon of water, will Egypt give it oil for free?
@@zachoo5135 This is the philosophy of an Ethiopian citizen... You are comparing oil that needs millions of dollars to extract... As for the water that you have no business with except that God has given it to us.. You want our experiences to pay for that water that has been running in Egyptian lands for thousands of years.
@@marwanelbana4771 not anymore my guy you can use what's left over from us though
@@zachoo5135 You speak with ease and do not know that an environmental catastrophe will literally happen.... The flames of that disaster will inevitably devour your country...Especially you are a country whose economy is weak and its army is weak and divided into different ethnicities and religions.
The problem is that Egypt is hiding behind a colonial era agreement.
You are damn right, bro. One of the many huge hypocrisies of Egyptians is to defend a colonial treaty only when this treaty suits them like the very st**ky 1929 highly illegal Nile pseudo-treaty established by the f**s English colonizers of the Egyptians and granting an highly illegal priority to Egyptians regarding the use of the Nile waters while in the same time the Egyptians denounce the 1917 Balfour declaration of their f**s English colonizers supporting and granting to Jews worldwide a Jewish state in Palestine.
Especially when Ethiopia wasn't even a party to the agreement.
What agreement
@@zezenkop412 the agreement Egypt made with Sudan to share the river Nile
@@roberamerga4822 what is the name of the agreement and that has to do with egypt and Ethiopia
I am Egyptian, I don't want war, I just want agreement with Ethiopia and peace in Africa.
If Egypt agrees equal share of the water then no problem.
@@abbadalol If Ethiopia understands that Egypt and Sudan have legitimate concerns and they want to know the filling process and how the GERD would operate because it will impact them and also that is why they want binding agreement, sad Ethiopia wants non-binding.
@@golden8442 ruclips.net/video/xVZzh__rFvA/видео.html
@@golden8442 I understand you but the agreements presented to Ethiopia are complete trash and at the beginning it was more of a bullying than a negotiation. like making sure Ethiopia won’t get a loan for the constitution there is so many layers to this
@@golden8442 yes we ethiopians don't want wars yoo !!!
Through out it's history Ethiopia has seen these types of movie before, but always prevail!
Your in the middle of a civil war lmao
@@azurethegolden7928 mother of Africa is apparently getting a divorce lmaoo half of your country is burning
@@chrvsalism2102 Yeah, but they like to act like they are picture perfect even when their nation is burning into pieces! Tigray will be its own nation, Egypt and Sudan support that!
@Chrvsalism Egypt is Ethiopia's father and mother!!! We legit carried Ethiopia, for example, their church used to be under Egyptians! 😂😂😂😭😅😭💀🇪🇬
@@golden8442 You have to be alive first to be carrying us don't you think😆remember 85%😁 Let's not talk about religion here, that's not something we should be fighting about. Ethiopian emperors helped many Coptic Christians because they were treated badly by the Muslim majority don't forget that.
I think you might got it wrong this time; the dispute is mainly about how fast the reservoir behind the dam is filled not about the share in the water. That's because once the reservoir behind the dam is full, the water will start flowing again at the previous rate.
Egypt and Sudan wanted long duration so the water shortage won't be severe, while Ethiopia want short duration to get the most out of the dam as soon as possible.
Yeah, I am Egyptian and I understand both sides in this dispute.
Ethiopia uses to fill the dam the extra water they get during rainy season which fluids Egypt and Sudan.
@@abbadalol Sudan maybe but no floods happen in egypt
I think that fundamentally Egypt is not mainly worried about the time to fill the reservoir behind the dam. They have already agreed the filling time to be between 4 and 7 years depending on the rainy seasons. What worries Egypt though is once Ethiopia has built a dam of this magnitude on the Blue Nile, it won´t stop there. There will be of course more dams to come, not only for electricity production but also for irrigation. Ethiopia has an uncontested right to equitably utilize its natural resources without causing significant harm to downstream states. The equitable utilization of the Nile waters leads unequivocally to the equitably sharing of the Nile waters, which according to Egypt's understanding Sudan and Egypt are entitled to the utilization of the whole of the Nile waters. By sharing equitably the Nile Waters among all riparian states Egypt is going to lose its hydro hegemony on the Nile, meaning losing free drinks. That is the worry. However, the solution lies in finding a peaceful win-win resolution to the conflict, which opens the doors for cooperation and collaboration among all riparian states.
Sudan has actually changed their tune and now they do support the Renaissance dam. Because they have seen that Ethopia has done incredible research on filling the dam, without harming the downstream countries. Egypt is afraid of something Ethopia turned out not doing. Mr. Sweilam said Egypt was not affected by Ethiopia's third dam filling last summer. Egypt was also not affected by the first and second Renaissance dam fillings in the summers of 2020 and 2021.
The Egyptians clearly have no right to monopolize so much water
Yesss! Let them dehydrate because we're heartless assholes!!
@@ExpiredMike They decided to make treaty about water and how much each country will get without other countries involved, now it’s Ethiopia’s turn for making decisions without Egypt
@@ExpiredMike well yeah you are heartless assholes 😂😂 how can Egypt and Sudan sign a treaty that screws over 8 other countries without their input?😂
I love this because you don't normally hear about foreign disputes and affairs in the U.S. I had no clue that another war was this close.
I don't think a war will happen here, there would be conflicts but not war
@@Chad-bc9vi Who knows the same was thought about Russia and Ukraine it may happen it may not however the war with Russia and Ukraine changed things maybe now wars will be more likely we will just have to wait and see.
@@erez2111 Russia and Ukraine war are very much different case I think, Russian has been really aggressive to similar case like what happen in Georgia in 2008 and Crimea in 2014, so in Ukraine and Russia war case it's not really unexpected, but you're right, who knows, but I don't think it'll be worth it for any of the country if a war were to happen
This has been going on for years. Don't take everything you hear as is, there's always a whole lot more.
@@erez2111 that’s the problem with western media and why westerners are so oblivious to what happens in other places in the world
Imagine that a sovereign country can't use its own water for the use of its people. Ethiopians should wallow in poverty and darkness while others (Egyptians) enjoy the benefits of their water? Egypt also has dams on the Nile.
Except that's not how it works in reality. You can't just unilaterally shut off water supply to neighbours without consequences...
@@Emanon... You can if you’re too hard to invade and trade only a little with them, and Ethiopia is easy to defend thanks to it’s mountains and trade between them is just little over 50 mil dollars each year which isn’t really a lot
@@Emanon... so Ethiopia shouldn’t be allowed to use THEIR water because Egypt said so? Why do North Africans think they have control over Sub-Saharan countries? Ethiopia can do whatever the hell they want within their own borders, why should they remain in poverty with regular blackouts just so Egyptians won’t cry? 😂😂
@@Emanon... tell that to China
@@bababababababa6124 North African nations are much better than Sub-Saharan nations. That is one fact. Also you are racist against North Africans lol I am Egyptian and I see myself as North African, but you see me as Arab and European! I swear you Afro-centrists really piss me off! Stop being only pro-black and you hating on non-Blacks!
Next, Egypt will file a complaint that Ethiopia is breathing its air.
just imagine you contribute 86% of water to Nile and planted 20 billion trees in the time of 20 years to maintain Nile flow .it's embarrassing to say the owner of a cow you still the milk.
Oh god not another war...
I am an egyptian and I'm telling you don't worry there wouldn't be any war.
Also Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia: starts the Second African World War
Ethiopia has been in a civil war for months now but because they’re black and African you haven’t heard about it.
@@K3rrJu5t1n what is it, African or World War? You can't have both.
In any case, don't worry Egypt does not want a war.
@@K3rrJu5t1n Nah, that should be third one. They had two Congo wars, which were effectively two continental wars.
I feel like outright war is too much a risk for Egypt to take. Threatening it however makes perfectly sense. The good thing about this whole situation is that it can be waited out. As soon as the reservoir is full in a few years, there isn't really anything to fight for anymore. (Also Sudan and even Egypt might buy some of the electricity, making it easier to overlook past angers about the dam.)
I heard sudan is already buying
A few years without water would wipe out Egyptian civilization, let alone a single month. And its rather easy to sabotage a dam covertly.
marking ethiopia's instability I think a coalition by all the countries would actually force Ethiopia into negotiations.
@@adonisarmanazi5346
I'm curious what you mean by coalition of countries, since the Blue Nile only goes through 3 countries (Ethiopia > Sudan > Egypt). Do you mean countries other than the three mentioned?
@@TheBooban
I agree with you. However, if sabotaging the dam leads to a major flood, then that could be just as a big a problem. I believe the Aswan Dam is only really designed to handle the annual flooding of the Lower Nile. I can't imagine what would it have to deal with if the GERD lost water too quickly. Sudan is also in the hypothetical flood path, so we can say goodbye to Khartoum city.
Some factual errors in this video. Abiy Ahmed is the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, not the president. The president is called Sahle-work Zewde.
How is this stealing? If you use your natural resources to develop your country, Ethiopian has the right use it own natural resources.
If Egypt try to attack Ethiopian dam by force, there will not be a single drop of water goes to Egypt, the people of Ethiopian change the course of the river and eventually Egypt city's will collapse.
Our villages are bigger than Ethiopian cities habibi.
@@golden8442Bro thinks insulting another antion will make peace.
Or maybe you dont want peace?
Never thought I’d see a video about Sudan (my country) on this channel
Thanks!
Nice! I love Sudan from Egypt! How do you feel about this dispute!
I think it's worth emphasizing that the operation of the dam doesn't permanently reduce anybody's water supply. They just get less while the reservoir is filling. Once it's full, the water will be flowing as before, because where else would you put it? And the whole point is to generate electricity by channeling it through turbines, after all.
A lot of times, dams are used to control and fill irrigation systems. So some of the water could be diverted into nearby farmland instead of being allowed to flow downstream. That's why the Colorado River is just a muddy little creek where it flows into the ocean, because California steals most of it through a giant pipe and uses it to water the San Joaquin Valley. Arizona isn't very happy about that one, either.
There is a big political power that could be used with a dam. You could flood the downstream countries or let them dry up with a dam that huge.
Agree, they just have to slow down on filling it up
The creation of a big artificial basin reduces the flow of water downstream because of the increase in evaporation
It does permanently reduce the water supply though. The most prominent issue at the moment is the speed of filling the dam, sure, but there is going to be less water making it downstream. Look at any heavily dammed river in the world and you’ll see the end of that river and how small it is compared to historical levels. Like the Colorado or Rio Grande.
ethiopias population is actually 120m btw
Invading Ethiopia is unwise. Egypt saw where this is going. Ethiopia is taking over the region as the new energy and fresh water hub to even all the way to the middle east. That's a lot of leverage there. A power shift in the region is what's worrying the Egyptians. I don't even think Egyptians are in a position to afford such a massive invasion. They will simply lose as there is noway Ethiopia will give in that way.
Thank you - very helpful
You had the perfect opportunity to title this "Could this spell a DAM war?" and you blew it
Good going man
God DAM , WATer missed opportunity
A dam shame
Well, I think it should have been "Why Ethiopia should give a DAM about Egypt." but that is a good title as well I must say! Love from Egypt! Hate Ethiopia!
@@golden8442hate ethiopia?
About that "The Nile goes through 10 African countries" statement, Tanzania, Kenya and the DRC seem kind of a stretch as they only countain parts of the lakes that flow into the White Nile, but not the river itself... But even if we accept that definition, including Rwanda and Burundi seems even *more* of a stretch as the river they contain that flows into Lake Victoria is not even called the Nile by that point, but the Kagera.
Just being a geography nerd, don't mind me.
You're absolutely right
It's my dam and over.
_Just being a geography nerd, don’t mind me._
Nah, sometimes we need people like you. Keep being a geography nerd.
@@livonian_knight9351 Thanks, that is very pleasant to hear
So you could say... It could spark a dam' war.
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@@al.bay24 agree.
Yeet!
@@al.bay24 LOL.
Re:Zero is so great!
hard to be mad at Ethiopia, they're my favorite nation in Africa simply for how based they've been throughout history.
Based. What I don't understand dummy
Same
Resisting colonizers like chads, except for that brief stint in WW2
Also Egypt is my favorite country of africa and history
a smarter person bent on his own survival would dislike a country for being successful and side with the weaker nation that is more likely to obey us....that's how our foreign policy works
If Egypt is richer than Ethiopia why they don't go for desalination, or atleast they should control their overpopulation, it is clear that Ethiopia has the right to exploit its resources on however they want
Dam these wars are getting out of hand
The update Videos really help, because only if I learn things twice or thrice, I really remember.
They aren't stealing anything, Egypt just has terrible geographic luck.
I live in Egypt. The main issue is not the dam in itself, but the rate of filling it up. Last year things were calm because of exceptional rains which allowed the fulfillment of the filling for 2021 without damaging water supplies down stream. However, the situation is different now.
Egypt depends greatly on the Nile, Ethiopia doesn't. They apparently use less water pro capita, but only because they lack infrastructure, so the water pulled from local wells is not counted.
Egypt may not directly wage war against Ethiopia, but it could arm the rebels if the Ethiopian government refuses to enter talks. A compromise is possible which will slightly hurt both sides, but which will bring benefits to future generations in all countries involved.
Arming rebels and terrorist groups has never backfired on any country.. play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
@@noobsowhat5744 just because Americans botched it, it doesn't mean that the rest of the world is incapable of doing it. Just look at Israel, they are masters at it.
egyptians are the entitled ones of africa. Egypts failure to negotiate and just straight up demand is the reason why they lost all leverage on the flow rate in the first place.
@@noobsowhat5744 exactly it’s not like when india armed the tamil tigers to spark civil war in sri lanka they also made attacks in india as there were tamils there too
@@noobsowhat5744 yea and disallow a country from water access and see what happens
Egypt should invest in modern water preservation technology instead of buying more F16s that it will never use.
Egypt needs to maintain its strong armed forces in the event of attacks also we have plenty of terrorist problems.
@@golden8442 you don't need expensive F16s to fight terrorism. You know the F16s will retire without being used in a single combat! You're just making Lockheed Martin rich, and the US knows that very well!
@@mooneymooney251 You Ethiopians struggling with fighting terrorism. Egypt is so safe because of our leaders and armed forces!
@@golden8442 I never said we didn't, what I am saying is you don't need very expensive f16 fighters that are made for conventional battle. You can get drones for the fraction of the cost that can do the job better. Listen we can argue all day long about this, but Egypt's fat military budget could be used better to improve Egyptian lives!✌️
@@mooneymooney251 ENDF has a lot of potenial, I admit that, however, you guys need more funding.
Considering the size of the garden in the new administrative capital, it's more likely the other way around.
We. Didn't ask. For. Water from Ethiopia you. Dummy. To green. Our new capital. We can do it because we are smart
Yeah only Egypts vanity projects will suffer as a result of this damn and not, I don't know, THE ENTIRE POPULATION OF EGYPT?
@@elite7329 we don't have. Vanity projects you dummy
The water belongs to Ethiopia when water is in its country.
Egypt can use desalination because the have access to the ocean and Ethiopia doesn't have ocean access.
Egypt has a huge desert to can Cheap solar energy.
ruclips.net/video/xVZzh__rFvA/видео.html
It’s not egypts Water, Ethiopia contributes over 85% of the water but hasn’t benefited from this at all. This title should be is Egypt stealing Ethiopias water ?
Egypt contributes nothing they are just recipiamts , it barely rains there , it's all desert
Lol what?? R u high??? That's the nature
ازاي تسرق يعني ده نهر دولي ربنا الي خلقه
Ethiopia is right
And Russia is right
@@user-or1rm1ol3q Russia and Ethiopia are actually allies. They both have historically had a good relationship with one another.
@@phoenix2.020 Russia and. Egypt are more allies. Than. Russia and Ethiopia. Just. That. You should know
@@user-or1rm1ol3q I mean from what I've seen, the US has been a bigger ally to Egypt in this dispute, and Russia took the side of Ethiopia. I heard that Egypt was upset at Russia for that. I don't know, politics is just a confusing thing.
Egypt had been stolen Ethiopian water for centuries and yet Ethiopia has to build another more and more dams
One does not steal one's own resources. The Blue Nile, called Abay River in its native earth, is an Ethiopian river, in spite of what colonialists and their water carriers think. Case closed. Egypt is delusional, not just in denial.
The river's direction is pretty telling where God wants it to go.
@@thatgvb Do not draw God into this. If God wanted Egypt to have a river, it would have struck the rock and make it gush in Egypt. Moses did that, did he not, according to the Book of Exodus?
The US could try and apply their Narrative to their own country, after all, they are cutting Mexico from the Colorado river water supply, destroying the aquifers and its wildlife...
Why just Mexico? Even states themselves have issue over Colorado river. For example Arizona aint very happy with California due to this issue.
Mexico doesn't depend on the Colorado river, and environmental damage is not what the tension is about. And this is a divisive issue inside the US as well, could've mentioned that instead of just "US stealing water from Mexico"
Yeah we Egyptians are one of the greatest people in one of the greatest nations of all time! Allah bless Egypt! We are strong, Ethiopia is weak. We can win a war with Ethiopia in such a short amount of time! We launch the operation, fly over Ethiopia with ease, blow up their stupid dam, maybe we can even help TPLF rebels by giving them air support! Oh man, it would be so great! I am honestly so blessed to be Egyptian and not Ethiopian because Ethiopia is a failed state while Egypt is living good right now! Inshallah
US wasn't the one that made this narrative, genius. Your bitterness over the US is hilarious though,
@@stephenjenkins7971 Bitterness? I'm from Europe, the Colorado river situation doesn't affect me, I was just pointing out how the US acts like they want to solve problems between other countries when they are doing the same
Egypt is also going to be having grain and fertilizer shortages from the war in Ukraine. This combined with the water problem will make them a lot less likely to come to the negotiating table. Everyone needs water, but when people in your country are going hungry, there’s a lot more of an incentive to not play fair
There is no fair in politics. A good politician is the one who protects his people's interests (The intrests of the majority of his citizens) a bad politician is a one that does not.
@@mohamedbenhamida3748 then every politician is bad
People in Ethiopia have been starving for decades.
Starting a water war would be a strategic mistake as the upstream countries could disrupt the flow of water. Negotiating a deal from which all can benefit serves a better future. Whatever Egypt signed with the colonisers back then is obsolete.
No, it is still legally binding, where are you from?
Egypt didn't sign with colonisers , the colonisers signed it for her representing her cus she was owned by them lol ethiopia was free back then
@@golden8442 haha ethiopia doesn't accept those terms , watch !!!!
I don't take any sides here but how can 2 countries sign a deal that says 8 other countries don't have a say. And they are the 2 countries that have the least power since they are downstream.
it was during Anglo colonization. nevertheless Sudan and Egypt are the only 2 countries which are dominated by desert biomes, so it made sense for them to take most of the water, not mentioning their biggest economies. this never posed any troubles and upstream countries were okay with it, until ethiopia's economy grew and now they need a higher source of energy.
@@adonisarmanazi5346 they weren't okay with it but they were busy Ethiopia tried building a dam for soo long haile selassie and before him tried. haile selassie started building but had trouble funding when the Italians attacked then derg tried but was overthrew etc
@@neonarb1613 Both were dictators who only cared about power and killing their people lol.
It doesn't fucking matter what they signed , ethiopia doesn't accept that shit , they'll get their share after whatever is left of ethiopian borders since they didn't acknowledged ethiopia lmao
@@adonisarmanazi5346 the truth is Ethiopia was independent at the time the others were ruled by British and British could not force ethiopia into signing anything so they signed it by THEMSELVES for THIER colonies
Ethiopia isn't really doing too well internally at the moment, I doubt they would want to add an external conflict as well.
Actually sadly that can united Ethiopia, but as I know and recall normal Ethiopian have invested there money for the dam and war would be the only resolution if it can not be solved diplomatically.
I think it all boils down to whether Sudan will go to war with Ethiopia/accept Egyptian troops to cross their land. No other country in the nile delta less these two care that much about the Ethiopian renaissance dam and how it reduces the flow of water to the North
@Regulus egypt with the new president is the fastest growing economy in the world tho...
That's true. But Ethiopia is known to have fought both internal and external conflicts at the same time. But yeah, I don't think anyone wants a repeat of that.
How you think?
I love how Egypt & Sudan decided on their own, that they would have veto powers and how much the upstream countries could take, as well as just increasing their joint share. That is not how a treaty works. You do have to include the other parties, or they have no requirement to keep to what you decided.
Doesn't mean there shouldn't be a joint agreement here, but it is a previous dickish move nontheless.
A pretty dickish move is restricting access to water for nations that are located in the Sahara, while Ethiopia is located in the Sahel.
@@kingace6186 doesn't change the fact that the dialogue where Sudan and Egypt decided the terms and do not even want budge on anything and then the fact that hold little leverage asides military action. Means that any sane nation is going to call the bluff until all parties actually want to sit down and discuss it.
If they are so worried about water security I don't see how their actions reflect that as all of the compromises seem to be expected to be at Ethiopia's expense, also the veto idea only applicable to upstream countries is just a ridiculous idea.
Why would the world would be without England know mischievous reporting keep the viral and exploit the rest
@@kingace6186 Sounds like Egypt tried to have it all to themselves but then got outsmarted by Ethiopia
@@Joe-uv9jo Define outsmarting?
Because when you said this, this clip came in mind...
ruclips.net/video/SAkt3Mi0Tro/видео.html
were you guys running an AC or some form of generator in the room where this was filmed ?
i can hear the mechanical sound of it in the background
Egypt is being Arrogant and selfish..
That would serve it fair in the nearby future.
Make my words...
Begun, the Water wars have
There's some kind of ticking/drumming noise in the background. It's hard to notice at first but it's present, and once you hear it it becomes an annoying distraction hard to disregard.
The sound persists throughout the video and the nature of it is reminiscent of a fan.
Example 7:25 is where it really stands out, as you pause narrating.
Edit: It's also prevalent through your other videos and videos you make for other channels.
You're right, I just noticed it too
sounds like a noisy fan ceiling
Great video
You have forgotten to mention that two turbines already started generating electricity and bombing the dam is more fatal to Egypt and Sudan than Ethiopia
I'm in de Nile about this war.
Relax guys there won't be a war now.
The Dam's filling has progressed too far to be destroyed because then it would negatively affect the countries upstream.
Egypt will have to find some other means of reaching a breakthrough with Ethiopia
The Israelis. Said. That. After they built the barlive line. They said. There. Will be no war. Because no one can destroy the barlive line.except a nuclear bomb So don't. Worry about the. Dam. We. Will come. Up with. Something as usual Just. Like we did. With the barlive line with water hoses
What should we Egyptians do with the Ethiopians?
@@golden8442 Just stop bullying and act friendly and develop cooperation in all fields, especially in the conservation of ecology. Reforestation helps increase precipitation. There is a lot to do, let us go for it.
I can give you credit for a fair presentation of the Nile water relevant historic background and the current status of GERD. But there is a missing fact that almost 90% the blue Nile flow is in 3 months during the Ethiopian rainy season. What the GERD does is hold this water and release it equally throughout the year after generating electricity. If Egypt and Sudan buy the excess electricity, the water will keep flowing. The river should serve the betterment of the all the people it touches.
Wait! Who is stiling? If you don't produce somthing, you can't own it. I dont think Egypt contribute any water for the nile river. The Title is misleading.
Did I miss the agreements made with Ethiopia previously over water allocations?
USA and Russia: Not now, we are very very busy...
Both countries have been heavily involved in this conflict. Egypt has been getting the Arab League and the rest of the international community involved in this conflict, when it should be between them, Sudan, and Ethiopia.
@@phoenix2.020 thats 🧢
Egypt has only the Arab league and If they Attack Ethiopia they will get isolated
@@actimel4244 it's not cap. Egypt has tried to get the Arab League and UN involved in this conflict. And I'm not sure that Egypt will get isolated if they attack Ethiopia. Many Arab and Western countries seemingly are taking the side of Egypt.
@@phoenix2.020 Yeah but Most countries would Support Ethiopia because WE have the black african countries and China
@@actimel4244 yeah. They also have Russia, India, and some other allies.
The Issue
Ethiopia is looking to build a hydropower dam known as the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. The dam is planned to be built on the Nile which is said to be disastrous for Egypt.
An important fact to note, the Nile flows upwards (south to north).
Why is the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam controversial?
GERD (Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam) is being built on the Nile to generate cheap renewable electricity for Ethiopia. It's planned to be the biggest hydroelectric dam in Africa. However, due to its size, it will have a catastrophic effect on the Nile River.
Ecology
The dam will in no doubt stop the flow of water from the south to the north, by way of the massive reservoir that will be built for the dam. Resulting in the river running dry.
This will have a huge catastrophic event in the countries up north such as Egypt as it'll result in the landscape becoming a barren desert. More so, neighboring countries surrounding Egypt as far away as Northen Europe will be affected (see bird migration below).
Thousands of animals and plant species will be wiped out both endangered and common such as -
Plants:
Egyptian Cotton,
Lotus plant (papyrus),
Eucalyptus,
Date palms,
Opuntia (Prickly Pears),
Markh,
Acacia,
Tamarisk,
Animals:
lizards (Too many to specify),
Frogs (such as the Heqet),
Nile crocodile (second largest extant reptile in the world),
Egyptian jackal,
Dorcas Gazelles,
Jerboa - Lesser Egyptian jerboa - Greater Egyptian jerboa,
Egyptian cobra (Naje haje),
Egyptian vipers,
Scorpions,
Speckled snake,
Hyrax,
Caffre cat,
Ichneumon (insect, not the medieval dragon),
Egyptian mongoose,
Buffalos,
Hippopotamus,
Neophron percnopterus,
Many varieties of insects and rodents
Egypt is also a major bird migrating location. The following is a quote from (voyagesphotosmanu, 2017)
Egypt is rich in birdlife. Many birds pass through in large numbers on their spring and autumn migrations; in all, there are more than 200 migrating types to be seen, as well as more than 150 resident birds.
This includes birds ranging from Flamingos to Eagles. Many of the birds migrating come from Europe.
More so, the once lush green fields situated near the Nile will be no more. Which brings me to my next point....
Famine
Millions of people live along the Nile, from those in Ethiopia to Egypt.
Egypt alone has is a nation of around 90 million. 39 million people live in the Delta region in northern Egypt with the rest living alongside the Nile to the south. Egyptians only reside on just 9% of their nation's land and the country is mostly desert and can not sustain life.
The river Nile is literally the lifeblood of Egypt.
Vegetation cannot grow without it.
The rich, alluvial Nile valley allows Egypt to be the center of agriculture in North Africa and the Middle East.
Without the Nile, there'ed be mass famine and drought.
In such a case, mass migration and even war are inevitable.
Again, this won't just affect Egypt but countries around the Middle East and North Africa that import food from Egypt.
Economic Consequences
Egypt's Economy and those of its neighbors would sink. Agriculture is a huge part of the Egyptian economy. Not to mention the panic of no water.
I don't need to add more for this part, its common sense and self-explanatory
What's with Egypt and colonial era treaties?
Countless Egyptian leaders have rattled their sabres in defense of the water supply. This has soured relations with the eight other countries that share the Nile basin. Most of them have agreed to co-operate with each other, dismissing another old treaty which, Egypt claims, gives it a veto over upstream projects.
Treaties have resulted in inequitable rights to the use of Nile water between the countries of the Nile Basin.
There has been many dating from 1891 to 1925 (Wikipedia, 2017). British, Italian and French treaties guaranteed that Egypt must be assured a certain percentage of Nile water. In other words, *a bare minimum amount of water* must reach Egypt to sustain life and countries south should not prevent this.
You wrote down a long story which hasn't aged well. 😂 the reservoir has been filled now in four sessions, and as the Ethiopians mentioned, there were no problems. There actually even were floods in sudan which would have been way worse if the reservoir would not have been filled during the rainy season. Stop falling for Egypt propaganda please. 😂
"Ethiopians mentioned, there were no problems"
-51 billion predicted by experts in the current filling speed agricultural damage which will take a long time to recover.
-A flood that was never seen before in Sudanese history during filling.
-Significant damage to Aswan High Dam's hydroelectric and reservoir generation.
-Many Egyptians became jobless.
-Refusal to negotiate on the management of the dam without jeopardizing downstream rights.
-Refusal to send Egyptian Sudanese and International experts to inspect dam integrity.
maybe you are the one who shouldn't fall to Ethiopian propaganda.
@@raaf4678
It's not stealing when the all local Ethiopian rivers contribute to morethan 80% of the Abaay(Nile) waters. Also,the Abaay river system in Ethiopia covers 70% of overall river sources in Ethiopia. It's impossible to grow as an economically poor country without using this massive potential.
I am Egyptian and I am sick of hearing about this dam problems, we just want to come to an agreement and have peace 😤
What agreement? The only agreement can be done in this situation is a peaceful disassembly of the unfinished dam and allocation of about $10 billion to Ethiopia to build 2-3 nuclear power plant.
@@krasavchik8714 but people need water too. Humans are not generators that run on oil
@@krasavchik8714 Great idea! I hope the Ethiopians agree!
I am Egyptian and I hate all Ethiopians lol I love how we have every nation on Egypt side
@@westmax8491 not our problem... we need the dam for electricity.... 60 percent of ethiopian live in the dark.... plus egypte just investen bilions in a new city why not solving there water problems with that money...
First, the caption "Is Ethiopia Stealing Egypt's Water?" is derogatory to Ethiopia. More than 90% of the water in the River Nile originates from Ethiopia and it is building the dam on its soil, which is not stealing. Second, the reservoir has already been filled with 22 billion cubic meters of water, which is capable of flooding the downstream countries if the dam is bombed. So the possibility of war on the GERD is nil.
You steal my country water bro! Shame on you!
Yes it is stealing. It is internationally recognised that hampering down stream countries is a war crime. And Ethiopia doesn't rely on the blue nile. Ethiopia experiences frequent rainfall and their rivers exceed the thousands. However egypt only has one source of fresh water the nile river.
@@victorien3704 ruclips.net/video/xVZzh__rFvA/видео.html you can drink from your swimming pool haha
Ethiopia is using its own water. Egypt doesn't own any water in Ethiopia.
And the water wars begin
How can you steal what comes from your country.... Egypt should come down and negotiate with Ethiopia not the other way round
Agreed keep complaining about British and Ottomans stealing from them yet they’re trying to claim water which is other country’s property
@@Protont and pointing to a deal the British made to back up their claims.
I'm shocked of how massive is the Congo river. Went to check more about it, and oh my god, it is bigger than what i thought.
One of the Call of Duty campaigns was about this exact thing
I never knew!tell me abt it...
Doesnt matter the water belongs to ethiopia
its no big deal, once the lake is full its full all back to normal
You still lose some water due to evaporation though.
@@gediminaskucinskas6952 barely noticeable
@@gtctv7000 ruclips.net/video/xVZzh__rFvA/видео.html
I, for one, didn't even know TLDR US existed.
feel like I learn a little bit more about geography (my weakest subject) with every tldr global
Lol, good-luck invading the Ethiopian highlands
We will not. Invade. Ethiopia will will let Sudan do. It. Just like they did in Al fushqa
@@user-or1rm1ol3q Al fushka is the only instance of it reported by Western media outlets. For 3 decades Sudan soldiers were invited by TPLF-run Ethiopia to invade Amhara region, but were always repelled by the farmer boys of Armachiho who don't miss their mark!
@@amdetsion3256 this. Sudan. Soldier. Can't dare. To attach haliiab triangle. In Egypt. Despite they. Say It belongs. To them but. They can't. Do it it with Egyptians. They did with the Ethiopians
Shhhh! They do not know highlands. They think it is a cake walk.
Why cant Egypt build desalination plants to guarantee more water if needed?
Egypt already does, and heavily in it. But it's not enough sadly
They are doing that.. still wouldn't be that sufficient especially for farmers
For those confused, know the nile flows south to north.
any update on this issue?
Ethiopia hasn`t taken a single drop of water out of Egypt. Ethiopia is simply making use of it`s own water before gifting that resource to Egypt.
Ethiopian are the owner of the water
I subscribed but that's despite your constant begging. Your videos are very good.
Abiy Ahmed is the prime-minister of Ethiopia, not the President.
I say its a good thing Egypt is facing a water crisis because only now the government is investing in sustainable water projects like recycling water from treatment plants like Bahr El Baqar Wasterwater treatment plant and another like it suppose to come online in 2024. The government is also granting loans to help farmers change the way they irrigate their lands from flood irrigation to something like drip irrigation.
"Egypt tried to have it all to themselves but then time changes and now outsmarted by Ethiopia"
The Nile was has never belonged to Egypt in the first place... It belongs to Africans only... Not Arabs..
Hey, it’s Ethiopian water, their is nothing with stilling, Hello it’s Ethiopian don’t make no. Mistake
Ethiopia has built the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in the lower stream of the River Abay,that means Ethiopia has tremendous empathy for Sudan and Egypt. Long live for Ethiopia .
(I am Ethiopian, but I'll try to be unbiased)
The problem is not with the size of the dam or with the speed at which it is being filled (or else there would have been serious issues already), the biggest problem is with the uncertainty surrounding periods of drought or when the Nile flow is extraordinarily low. As it stands, Egypt wants to have an agreement already in place for when this happens so that Ethiopia may contribute to solving the issue whereas Ethiopia says that these things must be agreed to as and when they happen and not by making commitments ahead of time.
It is also important to consider that both Egypt and Sudan already have dams on the Nile that they could both tap into in times of drought before Ethiopia's dam needs to lower its reservoir.
Another point is that Egypt and Sudan also rely on extremely inefficient methods of water use from relying on annual flooding for irrigation as well as growing extremely water intensive crops like cotton.
Ye I mean you didn't do a very good job of being unbiased, if you had then you would have mentioned that there is a perfectly good reason for Egypt to demand an agreement for water security now, as Ethiopia is a conventially stronger nation than Egypt and could, if they weren't in a civil war, cut off Egypt's water in a drought and easily crush Egypt's military.
@@elibrahams5566 I was unbiased when highlighting the problem. Also, Ethiopia is not a stronger nation than Egypt. Firstly, if Ethiopia decides to do something as insane as cutting off the Nile during a drought, then Egypt can simply block the Suez Canal and force much more powerful countries to support them. Secondly, Egypt has 4x the GDP Ethiopia has which means that they have it within them to focus their efforts on better water usage instead of expecting poorer Ethiopians upstream to subsidise Egyptian inefficiency by underusing a natural resource. Both of these methods can resolve the issue surrounding the dam or any drought periods without the need of a single shot being fired.
@@elibrahams5566 if Egypt evolved their agriculture decades ago instead of spoiling it they could easily survive from the water from lake Victoria. Don’t go and blame Ethiopia for evolving when Egypt keeps standing still
Did. You agree with Sudan when you flooded. Them with your. Dam. Killing many sudanese?
@@elibrahams5566 Ethiopia. Stronger nation. Than Egypt.,🤔. Give me. Proof. I just want a proof. To the nonsense that is. In Your brains. People
Now, the Blue Nile in Sudan is beginning to dry.
egypt population is 106 m people and the water not belong for anyone its free for all creatures and humans
GERD. great name for something likely to give people heartburn
Hidase
Egypt needs to invest in less water intensive farming tech and stop wasting water in personal ego projects like the new capital. Ethiopia could just slow down, a couple extra years in the dam production is not that big of a deal in the long run.
These threats between neighbors are unnecessary and diplomacy is the way of the future.
Overall the dam is good for the region which desperately needs it and a simple look at the world at night is telling.
Do. You. Have. Proof. That we didn't Invest. In farming tech you dummy 🤔
They don't have to go to war , that's the western way of resolving a dispute, Ethiopia had enough " war and hunger" sit down and come to some agreement on this too much war.
Almost certainly- what other outcome did you expect ?
Steal water from desert Sudan and Egypt. Lol
Are you not even Ashamed when you call it as a stealing??? 85% of the water generate from the mother land of Ethiopia. Not to forget over 90% of the population in Egypt have electricity. While 40% in Ethiopia, it's not even stable. It's terrible how some one can be so selfish while other are in lack of something.....