It rains on Ethiopian highland and cotton grows on Egyptian deserts. It rains in Ethiopia and the lights turn on in Egypt. Ethiopia's rain have been magical for Egypt. Time to make that magic work for Ethiopia. #fillthedam
@Peter Raaft man... you are an idiot not him. Do you want us to be babysitter for our child? I don't want to hear this proverb anymore in Ethiopia: "the child of Nile (Abay) thirsted for water". Man I am as hungry and angry as hell, and I'm not going to take your bullshit any more.
We support Ethiopia I am Eritrea, 100%Ethiopia should be able to use the Nile river as much as they can, it shouldn’t even be an issue to any other country.
@@thenamewhowillknockksidown7333 with our own resources we have fully rights to use. We don't need any permission from anyone included America or areb countries.If the water comes from you, you will not be able to give us a glass of water. Enough is enough. This is the time to use our own "ABAY".
It will not be an issue????? They will block the water for more than 120 million people and not a problem????? Countries will be destroyed and not a problem???? Are you even a human
Welp there are 100 million people could be affected so yeah things don't work like that , war will be bad on both sides but imagine people can't find water .
Ur stupid , u don't get that this is a matter for science and scientists to decide the effects and mechanism that causes minimum harm for both sides , the natural catastrophe that might results from this can affect an entire nation and believe me war is bad for both sides , Ethiopia and Egypt will just get more poor , u need to suppress down ur testosterone and use wisely ur brain and stop being superficial , leave this for neutral scientists to decide .
You can't own the Nile, it just happens that it originates from there "naturally". I see no right there, you didn't dig the nile nor you pour the rains. And it's certainly not your right to deprive downstream countries from their "natural" water source. You are very arrogant and stupid.
Did they discuss anything with us when they built their dams?? NO!!! I am sorry to include Sudan in this, they have also been bullied by the Egyptians for centuries, ask the Nubians? They were the original pharaohs until the newcomers from the East destroyed their civilization and took over Egypt!!! We know the history of the region from ancient times to the present so no fooling us on Egyptian intentions!!!!
Omar Elshafee You are the arrogant and stupid one!!! Insolent as well, in that case why don’t you tell the Arab states that the oil they have underground was put there by God and does not belong to them, hence they can’t drill it and make money because they didn’t make the oil they just put Riggs and drilled it!!!! You are the idiots that come up with whatever argument you can to stop us from filling our dam!!! The more you talk, the sooner the world will find out how selfish you are trying to take what is not naturally yours as yours talking about 100+ year old treaties in order to justify your bullying. Do what you must but it will not stop us from filling our dam when we want. If you have issues with God for putting the source in the middle of Ethiopia, your issues will be with him not us!!!! He realized how selfish you are and made you dependent on your neighbors, you are welcome to ask him why, if you ask hard enough, maybe he will tell you!!!
Support for Eithopia. Much love from your Southern Neighbour Kenya. Build the Dam and help us lit our marginal communities at our furthest borders with cheaper electricity. We rise Together. 💪💪
It's ironic when Egypt prohibits eastern Africa nation's from using the Nile water which originates here so that they can use the waters for irrigation and export rice and fruits to us! Support Ethiopia, from Kenya 🇰🇪🇰🇪
There is a failure of African leaders up and down the Nile river and its watershed to engage in diplomacy to agree to a viable water management plan. Ethiopia refuses to engage in diplomacy and acts unilaterally. Egypt responds in kind. I would encourage sensible Kenyans and Africans to think more about the long term ramifications of this way of operating on the Nile River. It is a path towards increased conflict and, yes, potential famines. Diplomacy, international collaboration and planning is the only way forward on this issue. Africa needs a great deal more of it, in general. How much longer do Africans want to stay in this postcolonial period of political dysfunction and infighting? The world is growing impatient with it. China will exploit that.
@@ems7623 oh and i am assuming you think african politics are in a vacuum or the only foreign influencer is china? USA and west in general loves the narrative that china is exploiting africa while they overthrow or bully regimes that don't favor their corporate interests. The world may be getting tired of it but the elites encourage the chaos (directly and indirectly) while they reap the benefits of africas' natural resources. All while they perpetuate how they are helping the poor africans by giving foreign aid to regimes that do their bidding which end up being mostly pocketed.
Wrong knowledge Bro ... Nile is not internal river inside Ethiopia to control it ..but it's an international river as many international rivers in Europe and other continents that no country can control neither prohibit to the common countries.. Ethiopia recailms that it needs the Nile water for irrigation despite it has 9 times the amount of Nile water from other resources while Egypt got no other water resources .. Ethiopia is an imprialist and racist country against its all African neighbours and mistreat the borders rules taking advantages of african neighbours forces weakness but now Ethiopia collides with Egypt which is so powerful... if Ethiopia is really serious in developement issues, it would focus on other resources rather than storing the amount of water on the borders of sudan to destroy Sudan and Egypt with 75 billion cubic meters of water in case of the dam gates are opened ...poor Sudan poor Egypt
lol what does nile have to do with your incompetence? the river literally leaves Ethiopian border as it spawns. not mentioning your 950 billions you didn't use it wisely.
hi just wanted to say that Egyptian people support the development and growth of our home continent Africa and more specifically our neighbours, Sudan and Ethiopia. one must, however, note that Egypt is 97% dessert not nearly as fertile as Ethiopia which is why the Nile is literally the source of life and can not be treated as another natural resource such as gold or diamonds. I hope Ethiopian citizens understand the fear Egyptian citizens feel every day, tomorrow morning we may wake up with no water. yet it seems the trending hashtags aim for the death of Egypt and are requesting no compromises which in retrospect will kill us, this is the ONLY reason we are asking for a longer filling period I'm just replying as while i have no right to tell anyone what to do i believe nobody has the right to take the lifeline of millions :)
Asmaa El Baz Now you are pleading for a change, most of the rhetoric we heard from your citizens and government to date was bullying, threats and lies as well as deception. Why did you not try to work with us in collaboration since you claim that the Nile is your only lifeline and it should be reserved for your use exclusively? It’s been over nine years since the building of the dam began, it is none of our business but instead of building a whole new city to compete with Dubai which will need additional water, electricity etc. couldn’t you have spent your money and your meager resources on digging for undergrowth water stored beneath you in your own territory? You have invested in all kinds of modern weaponry to intimidate your neighbors into cowering to your wishes, why don’t you ask your governments to divert funds to secure your water supply instead of intimidating your neighbors? You keep saying your lifeline is the Nile, hydropower recycles water and sends it out again, we waited since 1965 to build this dam while you’ve been undermining us, weren’t we patient enough? How much longer did we have to wait to satisfy Egypt? For ever is what I think as you are too used to free water and had no intention of looking for ways to supplement your sources. You are even bold enough and comfortable enough to sell it to third countries while you stop us from getting a liter. Enough is enough, we have lost our patience, there is no way back, tell your government to stop selling water to 3rd countries, stop building a brand new city to compete with Dubai(that have ample resources) and to dig the aquifer under your sand to supply you with fresh water that is a priority for your people. No more patience, we will fill our dam when we want to, how much we want to and that is that!!
mulualem seifu its your crap government that ruined and refused to negotiate and collaborate with the Egypt, Sudan and the intermediary US by not attending meetings and not turning up like a primary school kid chucking a tantrum !! hahhahahaahhah
@Micheal Hnat stupid ignorant whats in ur small brain u mix turks with egyptions with africa , another racist man , freedom to oromia no for ethiopia bilisumaa naanoo yes walaba
No I can’t begin to imagine! They would probably charge us for every liter crossing their border!!!! God understood their selfishness that’s why the source is in Ethiopia!!!!
@@mulualemseifu1351 this land given to ethiopia because of (The 1959 Nile Waters Agreement between the Sudan and Egypt for full control utilization of the Nile waters) also egypt never object of building but we has to be agreement
remon mokhles that agreement was with the British colonizers and doesn’t concern Ethiopia one bit. Yes the two sides have to agree but agreement has to favor Ethiopia which have their choice.
Fill the dam(LOVE from Kenya)..Ethiopia has every right to fill the dam however they please.... Colonial empires made treaties that favored them or their allies since Ethiopia wasn't a part of that it does not apply to them.
Fill the dam at slow pace in a manner that doesn’t ‘thirst’ downstream nations. International law prohibits upstream states to cut off or entirely disrupt the waters.
@@dinisrealm3240 Does filling the dam in a slow manner really help Egypt in the end, though? Once the dam is full, Egypt will get much less water than it does now.
Egyptians repeatedly say we are entirely depends on Nile for fresh water. And is called it existential issue. So are you warning the upstream countries not at all to use the Nile? Or you want to decide who gets what amount of water? As you need the Nile for existential life others need it too! Literally you are asking the basin countries to twist their hands and sit while you are eating the bread. This is injustice and unfair outlooks! Thanks Mekdelawit for explicitly explain the position of Ethiopian. #FillTheDam#NoCompromise
Ethiopia : we have more than one river but we decided to build a dam on the one that reaches you egypt . Egypt : sure ok no problem . Ethiopia : we suffered unjust treaties and want you neighbors to change it . Egypt : sure ok no problem just fill the dam slowly over the next 15 years or so . or we won't have water . Ethiopia : ok also Ethiopia : psych ,,, we'll now fill the dam quickly anyway , and screw you Egypt also Ethiopia :we'll attack Sudanese military camp "Anfal" with mortars to terrorize them unless they support us
@@amrshatlaa9617 Egypt has 55 trillion ground water. No Egyptian ever mentioned it. Egypt is playing only Nile game by hiding data but not in the 21st century. Egypt has 1000 years reserve and upstream countries cannot survive a single dry season. Who really needs the Nile?
@@LakechB first this number is inflated , most egyptian groundwater is in the western desert away from the farmlands of the nile and it would cost us 10 times the cost of your dam to transport it .second : groundwater is not renewable so even if we use it eventually it will run out . third nobody said not to fill the dam , we only ask for assurances during the drought and that you fill the dam slowly .
@@amrshatlaa9617 having more than one river doesn't mean the Ethiopians could utilise the other rivers which do not flow into the Nile. Simply because Ethiopia is the most mountainous country in Africa and majority of the rivers flow through the gorges and making it impossible to use their rivers for irrigation. I'm not even Ethiopian but I know this facts coz I have read tones of articles about Ethiopian rivers.
Did Egypt do a lot to save water? Or are they still using the majority of water to make the desert fruitile? So basically Egypt plays the western part of, "eveything is fine right now" while Ethiopia tries to help everybody? Maybe you should team up with Israel, they got the best technology for desalination plants....
Ethiopia should just fill the dam. Ethiopia, do NOT make your people inferior; ist 100% their River. No nation has the right to own your resources in your nation.
@@bbiirruukk The problem is Our Leaders in Iran or Africa are Illiterate & Stupid so they cant solve any problem without war, There is a same situation in Europe over Danub River but they share their river peacefully without confilict . Finally let me to remind you, in Any war only ordinary people will die not Rich fat Politicians
i really can't stop laughing about this stupid question may be because egypt is the last country that the nile flows through and if egypt built a 100 dams THAT WON'T AFFECT ANY OTHER COUNTRY "GENIUS"
mahmoud mokhles Are you dumb? So you gonna keep building dam without permission and think” you own the Nile for 100%” 😂🤣. If you think the water is yours, why are you picking your nose with Ethiopia? “Abbay” is our Nile river. It originates from Ethiopia. I will repeat it “ Abbay” originates in Ethiopia. It’s also written in the Bible in Genesis which is called “ Gihon” which surround Ethiopia. The water is the gift for Ethiopians, that’s why it originated from Ethiopia. Go look the map. The water flows from Ethiopia to Egypt NOT the other way around. You say Nile is about choosing life or death 💀 😂😂🤣🙄🤷♀️. You have two big seas start using them. You got plenty of water, it’s NOT good to be greedy and selfish.
@@habeshachannel1757 The Nile is an international river imbecile, Egypt doesn't own the dam nor does Ethiopia, sudan, Kenya, uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, South Sudan or any other country everyone owns the river and any attempt to restrict its flow jeopardizes the population who live in downstream countries
@@ahmedmohamed663 who are our muslim brothers the egyptians you know how racist they to are black people whether they are black muslim or not somali refugees in Ethiopia live with dignity you cant say the same about egypt they are not our brothers only the few who are not racist and abuse black people are our brothers all refugees in Ethiopia live with dignity wether they are muslim or not most ethiopians are kind people who dont abuse people who are already suffering
Haven't Ethiopia built a dam on your river and caused drought and famine to your country ? Are you OK with that and wish this happens to other countries? Strange
@@ahmadsalawi7777 You called African Union useless, because you are an Arab not an African, i'm proudly Nigerian from Africa. The nile crises can be solved in peace not by pointing fingers
Not African Union,sorry to say mwamar Gaddafi was brutally killed by his country men through the orders from above (America,)African Union is equally the same as African governments they sing the western and American tune's except (Rwanda) the rest the rest can not stand alone without the (UN,IMF, European Union,Brenton Woods)no African government that can borrow from another African government, why,why,why,why because they do not have the Key's of their countries they must ask permission from above
even thought they kept showing random footage during her segment. This didn't happen during any of the other speakers. This is a tactic to distract viewers from the speaker's points. Shame on France24 producers. Bias Europeans. This is a tiny example of why Europeans should play no part in delegation of this problem. They will always be bias towards the Arabs.
@@abiiecreate8980 no, Bob Marley once said if Africa unite it would be so good for all the people. Can you imagine another country telling Samalia it can't do what Ethiopia is trying to do or put your self in their shoes and I ask you this what if it was your country Egypt was telling you can't build and fill the dam in Samalia , what would you say to Egypt ?
War between two of them will be catastrophic for both countries. I hope they don't go that route. Peaceful resolution mediated by neighbours like Sudan and eritrea will solve the problem easily.
All other nations on the continent must stand up with Ethiopia 🇪🇹 especially the northern countries! Egypt is trying to cause problems because they don’t have control.
lol . now its colonial treaty !! haha . no dear it's a right treaty and your country deal with it . and you know deal is the deal as all people know so please stop to be greed and stop to acting like stupid people
shiko Oo fun games Do you know 86% of the Nile is from Ethiopia? Where is Ethiopian share on its water? You better think of sharing the river and move forward as the old song will not resolve the issue
shiko Oo fun games are you stupid, Ethiopia literally doesn’t have a share according to the treaty and yet its in their land. Stfu you know little or nothing
Correction: Egypt is wasting water by planting rice and other plants that need a lot of water. Indeed the Egyptian leader is trying to find an external distraction from his internal conflict. That is not so much of an issue in Ethiopia. Egypt needs to stop the false narrative it is spreading about how the filling of the dam will impact its way of life. It will not. But it will allow Ethiopia to provide electricity to its citizen while at the same time not depriving Egypt water from the Nile.
Egypt has banned rice farming and bananas and other water intensive crops stop lying you have no right hoarding all of God's water you have other sources while we don't
@@h3egypt hi 70% what u call OTHER RIVER are tribute of Nile YES the same Nile we taking about and pls stop saying other river. While u have 55 trillion bmc water under ur feet. So start using that
This seems Egypt is very selfish course River Nile starts from Uganda in E . Africa they keep on harassing other countries as though the river belongs to Egypt alone.
Is this how it’s going to be in the future? Blaming other people who were around hundreds of years ago? How about you pick up your balls and do something instead of pointing fingers, in that case I want money from the brits, and the Spanish, oh wait those kings are DEAD
@St. Petersberg on this issue both pro and anti Sissi Egyptians agree though. The nile is of existential importance to all Egyptians, regardless of politics or religion.
it is survival issue on ethiopian side too we are poor because we didint use it , that is our right to use it , mekdi you are a great ethiopian we proud of you
lol what does nile have to do with your incompetence? the river literally leaves Ethiopian border as it spawns. not mentioning your 950 billions you didn't use it wisely.
@Zeyad Mansour Borik Radwan Nile covers over 70% of all Ethiopian river water sources. Ethiopia doesn't have sea access and doesn't have the massive amount of underground water source Egypt is endowed with.
@Zeyad Mansour Borik RadwanDear, it doesn't matter how many resource Ethiopia has. You can't order or threaten to use water coming from other country. How come you demand resource owner not to use its resource, but you are entitled to use and control it? For goodness sake, be thankful and apperciate whatever you're shared.
@@darkmoon3310 we are all made of Star dust mate. I don't like my neighbor very much, who happens to have one arm, it does not mean I dislike all one armed people. I believe we all have a right to live, but not at the demise of another. I am always pleasantly surprised that a poor man is more likely to provide a meal and shelter at his own cost to a stranger, yet a rich man says he cannot afford it and that it is not his problem,. Go figure?
@@vxin244 water collected in the Ethiopian dam over the wet season will guarantee a good constant flow over the dry. Water that would have ordinarily emptied into the Mediterranean
@@AhmedMohamed-mi8kf you are right what economy they are talking about ethiopia has not economy now and after the dam they will not be a match for us .. howa anta masry sa7
@Tolta Tolta yeah like you are not suffering ... i swear to god we are not jealous ... no ethiopia is the one suffering we have the pyramids and many other stuff and you have nothing 😂😂😂😂 you talking like your poor country will be rich.. that will be in your dreams 😂😂 and ethiopia is jealous you wanted to build a dam since a 80 years ago ... and you built now because our authority is corrupted and the presidend sisi is a rogue president and if he wasnot a presind we will be the richest country in the world
@@helloworld1237r7 Thank you brother! The last thing Ethiopians want ist to hurt the Egyptian people. Sisi and the rest of the government is corrupt. They are military and only know war and corruption (hence Trump's favorite dictator). The dam will be good for all of East Africa. Together we will prosper. Love and Peace.
@@goldenkiwi1006 how will it be good for Egypt? And how do you not want to hurt the Egyptian people if you deminish our only water suppy? You wont hurt Sisi, you will hurt us and our economy and farming land.
What a beautiful woman, I love that skin color, is like dark honey and you know that dark honey is the sweetest. Go Ethiopia 🇪🇹, love from the Dominican Republic 🇩🇴.
Hey Adrian where are in Dominican Republic? I am Ethiopian but my Fiancé is Dominican. Every time I come to Dominican Republic everyone assumes I am Dominican. I love it
@Rock Stone no iam know how to talk English i says maybe if you help us we will give money and weapons and i says what will you gain from Ethiopia as well
Kenya should also build a Mega Dam using Lake Victoria (high time this colonial name changes too) and power it's industry and population. Let's see what Egypt will do. Africans will triumph, no more feeling of superiority; we'll fight the colonialist and their cronies to the last man.
27:30 he doesn’t want to play the colonial card because without outsiders dictating the contract they would never have been the legal grounds. The guy is a sell out. Instead of focusing on creating a desalination plant they want to fight for the Nile. Play the colonial card because that is what it is. It has no grounds in Africa and African countries has the right to revoke that as colonialism legal blueprint is set up unfairly and removes the African countries sovereignty
Moe Baker it will happen insha’allah... that’s ur problem u think that you are the strongest and abnegate us like previous leaders all around the world until we showed them who we really are...and again we want peace and our water we don’t take orders from any country we never did before and we won’t in the future.
@Moe Baker then did you think. The water flow smoothly. Everything is our hand bro we do not do bad but think before spiking we can use money technical this is modern era . The water is enough for those 3 contrys without political
Dekika Foods Egypt has no problem with the dam the only problem is that Ethiopia wants to fill up the dam really fast which will cause drought in Egypt
What matters now is Ethiopia is finishing the dam with or without the agreement. if the Egyptians have a conflict addiction we will put you in rehab forever .
we are not selling the water!! we never did!!! Eithiopia receives 936 billion meter cubes every year on their lands, they have many sources of water Nile is our only source of life ... thisa is the normal path of this rever for the last 40 million years we are already have short of water as we are receiving 55 billion meter cubes, while we need at least 114 billion meter cubes to survive now Ethiopia want to cut off these 55 billion and control the rest ... we will not allow killing 7000 yrs old nation
@@egyptreturns 936 billion meter cubes that you are refering most of it goes to the tributeries of Abbay the biggest river that contributes to nile. That is why we use it as Hydro electric power.
Jerry Hunt Very true indeed It is gift from god An indeed YOU want to take god to the court not us ... GOD directed the path of the river to our land for the last 40 million year to make us exist ... for 7000 years And today you want to change GOD’s path and this will cease us to be exist This will not happened and you will pay for this .... we have experienced more than that among our history... we know that this will end in our benefit.... enjoy 😉
It is more complicated, Egypt has a population of 100 M and they all depend on the nile, anything that limits the flow of water to Egypt is an existential threat to them. If multiple countries control different parts of the same recource they should negotiate building large scale structures with one another.
@@dekippiesip In this case, what part of the water resource does Egypt control? This is misplaced greed and selfishness. Period.Let them buy water from Ethiopia once Dam overflows or build boreholes to survive.
@@nyangumindume6751 egypt has an extremely high poverty rate so it is likely alot would die from water expenses rising and the high taxes the egyptian will likely inforce on it for money makes it even more of a threat. if there is a damn its importation to egypt shouldnt be taxed.
Great discussion with great level of detail and respect among the interviewees! Al jazera arabic should learn from this. They often invite Egyptian activist who do not even have enough knowledge about their topic, who do not respect the sovereignty of Ethiopia or even answer questions directly. We hope to see more of this. This kinda discussion will contribute to reaching an agreement eventually, and inform both Ethiopians and Egyptian about the truth. Thanks France24!
@@xxsolomon We Ethiopians expect empathy from those that don't look like us. They don't have empathy for us! The problem is we still think they do and expect them. The bottom line is they don't. Have they tried to help us during our times of struggle with famine, war etc ? No they have not, they just enjoyed the luxury our waters brought to them, In fact they pushed efforts to further destabilize our nation and still continue to do so today. We can not expect empathy from an enemy. That is foolish
I think African medias should control this kind of debates. It would also help them with international recognition and decolonization. It is pity we are still overshadowed by those European and Arab medias.
@@Fasil777 wrong this is international waters. Thinking it's 'our waters' is the reasons we have issues at the first place. The water belongs to us all - it's our commonwealth
The untold side of the story: Regardless of wither this dam is a matter of economic survival for Ethiopians or not, geopolitical mistrust means it is a question of 'damned if you do, damned if you don't' for Ethiopia..meaning, even if Ethiopia (the source of 86%) of the Nile promises never to touch the river and instead decides to develop using other means, Egyptians have throughout history followed a shroud policy of keeping Ethiopia in constant turmoil and worked hard by actively supporting all sorts of destructive forces against Ethiopia, as well as blocking international development funds..Egyptian "strategists" as well as some leaders have been on recored saying "a developed Ethiopia is a threat to Egypt", and every Ethiopian knows this with a strong resentment towards Egypt..hence it makes sense for Ethiiopua to dam it or be damned forever..at least by having some level of "share" Ethiopia can place itself in a position to defend itself from Egyptian mischief.. Just reading some of the Egyptian comments here alone is a clear evidence of how Egyptians believe water flows uphill rather than downhill. The distorted sense of entitlement means something they should negotiate for has become some thing they want to obsessively dictate..for example demanding assurance in case of drought or asking Ethiopia release stored water from GERD is like saying the mega Dam buit by poor Ethiopians is my personal reservoir...bare in mind Egypt contributed not even a single penny towards the Dam, instead it did everything it can to destruct the Dam as well as the country.. Having said that there is no shortage of technical solution for sharing the river Nile without affecting one-another's interest but politics gets the better of everything....water wasted to evaporation in Aswan and the billions of cubic m3 unused water that passes through Egypt and ends up in Mediterranean alone is enough to fill hundreds of mega-dams upstream....but I guise Egyptians would rather die than see Ethiopians come out of darkness...
Basing your words on some perspectives that you have seen from other Egyptians is just... Not right. I, as an Egyptian, love Ethiopians. I love that they're hard working people, and I believe that they can achieve good stuff. The thing here is, we're fighting for survival, you're fighting for development. I would love to see Ethiopia develop (because if they did, that won't bring Egypt down or anything as other people think).
Thank you brother, well said as it shows their selfishness. While wasting millions cubic meters of water to their desert and through evaporation; crying over Ethiopia's intention to provide electric city by maintaining the fair share of the two upper stream countries is really a complete selfishness.
The condescending attitude of Egypt towards black Africa and their greedy stance on the issue of nile is one of the reason mutually agreed solutions have been difficult yo attain. Their usual posturing and threat of military force is nonsense. As long as Ethiopia abides by international laws, it has every right to build hydroelectric dam anywhere in its territory. We don't need Egypt's approval to do that.
greedy stance on the issue of nile??????????? you guys r really funny you just say things u dont even understand YOU WANT TO STOP THE ONLY SOURCE OF WATER FOR A 1 0 0 MILLION PEOPLE and y r calling them greedy do you even go to schools cause all of you people have that common sense that human beings can live without water
@@mahmoudosman1165 what are you talking about? It's Egypt, stuck in the 20tzh century trying to reimpose the colonial treaty signed between Egypt and the Sudan under the tutelage of Great Britain. Ethiopia was not represented and didn't have a say in the water distribution splitting 100% among only the two British protectorates. Now it's 21th century. Ethiopia and the other Nile riparian states have rightly demanded to decide on the future of river and its water usage. Particularly, Ethiopia, as the source of 85 percent of the nile river water, has its God-giveb right to utilize water in her own territory as she sees fit without causing damage to the lower riparian states like Sudan and Egypt. Under that colonial treaty, Ethiopia couldn't use a single drop of the Nile water. Our people have been living under the yoke of crushing poverty for lack of economic opportunities that come with infrastructure and sustaining energy source. Did you mention school? well you seem to be the one who really needs schooling . Asking for equitable usage of water emanates from people with lots of common sense. On the contrary,.trying to deny 110 million their natural right to use their resources is not only dumb, it's outright violation of international law. If you really care to know or are matured enough to understand. We are not stupid like you. We recognize Egypt needs the water as much as we do. But you can't tell me Egyptian lives are better than Ethiopian lives.
@@mahmoudosman1165 How is it going to cut off the water? Please explain and show stats if you're so educated. This DAM is going to potentially benefit Ethiopia, Sudan, Kenya and Eritrea so where's the greed? Ethiopia suffers as well and this is going to help many people gain electricity which there is a massive shortage of.
Egypt has lobbied the international financial institutions not to fund the dam from the very beginning and succeeded it. After we built it with our own resources, Cairo tries to stand as a rigid stone on a rolling tire. The remaining for us is much less than what we did so far.
Beside Ethiopia natural right to use Nile river without any nation permission and blessings, Let's not forget GERD is hydropower project it means non consumptive!
If you believe that you have the right to cut water regardless of what could happen for millions of people, so don't blame that people of what they do to survive!! I know Ethiopians are really kind people, but unfortunately media fed you much hate against Egyptians .. you don't want to even see that no one is supporting your steps. And why they don't?! Your intentions are really bad toward Egypt, and you act like we're stealing your resources .. That's not oil, but water which running over millions of years and because of that nature Egypt was found!! I see war is coming, but i still hope that you understand our need regardless of what you call it "your right" .. as human being, put yourself in our situation, we don't have other alternatives!! And Egypt need to have a binding agreement, so we can handle the loss, and work to compensate that short in water. There's nothing we both can do about it, but it's sad to see comments don't want to see the whole situation from human being.
What the hell??? So you kill another nation for electricity The Nile is a lifeline for Egypt, it is not a luxury, you can't choke a person and expect them to watch Hope we don't go to war though We said you can fill your lake in 7 years, get your electricity, we get our water, but your government is trying to portary us as the villians, unfortunatly the people are the ones to pay for it
@@hebamohamed2739 WOW You start bullying again?? You must remember. If you try anything foolish, you must be ready for the consequence. You might end up having no river flowing to you anymore. Tell your government to use the money in the water utilization infrastructure than spending in military junks to impress the Arabs. Learn from your body Israel how to use the sea water. You have plenty of it!
@@bekeledaba787 Consequences?! I really will be sorry if you woke up one day to face reality and find your dam, and military bases are gone! And your last card is to pee in the river at night while we're sleeping! Get mature!
If Egypt is the gift of the Nile, what is Ethiopia? Isn't Ethiopia the main reason that it is so? If Ethiopia is the main reason why Egypt is the gift of the Nile, why is Egypt using every opportunity to discredit Ethiopia? It is time for Egypt(ians) to do a little bit of soul searching, reflect on the thousands of years of Ethiopia's generosity and let us rejoice our relationship with pride in our hearts, light on our heads, food on our table. Egypt will still enjoy the water. That is the least we deserve! Egypt is the gift of the Nile, Nile is the gift of Ethiopia!
After all the nile comes out of Ethiopia's earth. Like Ethiopia does not take petroleum from Egyptian territory because Ethiopia has no petroleum egypt has no authority to take Ethiopian share of water.
24 years negotiation between the origin of the Nile and Egypt. now Egyptian has said Ethiopia are rushing to fill the dam. unless Ethiopia going to fill the dam, Egyptian will never come to rationality.
I think people in those countries are well aware of the GERD project, and also prospects in there own countries for water development. Each country is different, so you can't necessarily copy what some other country does. You should also learn from more countries and projects than just one. Energy management is a complicated matter, if you want to get it right.
@@atrokatro444 agreed. People like to think of now but 2040 will have different needs than now. Also with the African trade agreement. very few countries are going to produce the exact same product and services. Ethiopia need the additional energy because they are focus on heavy industrial products to be sold to the other African countries; They have huge plants included transportation products. Tanzania: part of the EAF will also provide energy when their dam is completed. South Africa is also in the energy selling market. THE MAJOR FINDINGS in the last 5 years : pretty much everybody in Africa has "oil + gas"😂. that is a secondary energy source FUTURE: Most of Africa is being built with 2030, 2040 2050 cities. by 2040 we will like have move to more renewable energy or sun energy products. 80/20 %
@@cinnamonstar808 You bring in interesting points of view into the discussion. The future perspective is indeed essential. The world is unavoidably moving towards renewables, as you point out. The most important forms of production worldwide will be wind and solar, but for some countries, like Egypt and Ethiopia, hydro power will also be important, at least for quite a while. Geothermal energy will grow too, but it will also vary greatly by country. Every country should consider carefully, whether investing in energy production by coal or natural gas makes sense anymore. I believe that in the future there will be more international taxes and other costs added to goods produced by using energy sources that add greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. Emission trading is one form of that practice already. Investing now into such production may prove to be a bad investment. Anyway, wind and solar are going to be so cheap in the near future, that number of countries adding fossil fuel based energy production will get smaller every year only for that reason. Africa indeed has great solar resources, and also wind resources are very good in many places. Both production forms seem to be built on the continent already in pretty big numbers. I’m confident that that trend will continue.
If Nile river origins from Egypt, they stop the flow of water totally. Please Egypt think of equitable water utilization despite your no contribution of the water.
Egyptian people support the development and growth of our home continent Africa and more specifically our neighbours, Sudan and Ethiopia. one must however not that Egypt is 90% dessert not nearly as fertile as Ethiopia which is why the Nile is literally the source of life and can not be treated as another natural resource such as gold or diamonds. I hope Ethiopian citizens understand the fear Egyptian citizens feel every day, tomorrow morning we may wake up with no water. yet it seems the trending hashtags aim for the death of Egypt and are requesting no compromises which in retrospect will kill us.
It is about the international law. If a river flows between two country. . It means non of the country stop or resist flow of water through artificial means unless another country agrees
Why eqypt telling ethiopia what to do when comes to the dam mega project? This is wrong and violation for internationals law and Ethiopia’s severghnity..
These Arab are very arguing, why do we have to take permission from Egypt to make our dump which our people will benefits. When Egypt made The Aswan Dam, or more specifically since the 1960s, the Aswan High Dam, is the world's largest embankment dam built across the Nile in Aswan, Egypt, between 1960 and 1970. Its significance largely eclipsed the previous Aswan Low Dam initially completed in 1902 downstream. They did not take our permission so why we should take they permission?????
What is the negative effect of nasser lake on Ethiopia! Nothing Sudan lost in that but it was an agreement between both countries Can u tell what u will do with water flowing in Egypt from 60s till this moment if Egypt didn't use? Egypt is clear about what they requested. You have a right to develop but u need to try your best to lower the negative effect on your neighbors.
ibrahim Al-jundi Well it’s good point, but Egypt want to control the discussion by asking for the dam to be filled by 21 years as we compromise to 7 years. Regarding the dam of Nasir, as you expecting us to respect your need, this water is coming from our land, and Egypt need to respect us, before it build. As the Nile is life and death for Egypt it’s the same for us too. So Egypt government with the Arab league, trying to give order to us what do and how to do it! We will never accept that from now. Even 7 years it’s too long for us but we are respecting the international Law, but what Egypt want persuading one view.
@@catholicchant1726 yes and both countries accepted that fact I think if I'm not mistaken Nasser government paid compansation to the sudanise government to cover up for the population relocation which they did the same for their own people in Egypt. Please correct me of I'm wrong because this is what I heard from Egyptian sources. But the fact is still what a dam in Egypt can affect the population of Ethiopia? Why Egypt needs to pay for a water running in its land? Is Germany, Netherlands, Austria, Hungary, and Romania paying for Switzerland for the rivers originated there! The whole Ethiopian discussion and claims is just of hate greed and envey nothing more nothing less. The whole discussion is changed from the right of people to live to an ethinic fight between Arabs and blacks (even I don't belive they are one nation) and playing the black card.
@@greebfewatani well in Europe all of them are rich countries but in Africa only Egypt is rich and isn't black that's why Ethiopia need the dam to produce electricity and selling water and all blacks even Somali and Sudan stand with Ethiopia because egypt conquered them once and also they are black with them and also this means dam in Ethiopia the more water to Ethiopia and its naubour countries
The water belongs to Ethiopians. They have exclusive natural rights to the Nile waters. Egypt cannot demand for Nile water, let them get their water from the sky or build desalination plants to reclaim water from the Red Sea.
@Dr. Artur Braun infact your statement here can be taken as a threat. Do you assume Egypt has no consequence to face of they settle on a stupid decision. I know they made such a decision before when they invaded Mt. Sinai region with the hope of taking over Israel land but they got beat in the war within 3 weeks.
Ethiopia has started an amazing historical development project which will be beneficial for the nations. So thry fo not have to ask and wait for other states approval. Go on Ethiopia!!!!
@@miminigussie2794 and let us put the threats away for a while just little while woud you really be happy if other people are facing death just to have some electricity would you even consider that as an achievement. if it was anything else but water maybe we could have some negotiations but its WATER for god sake.
war? what war? war over my water and my dam? no one went on war when Egypt built her dam. If she come with war she will washed away by her own dam. trust me.
@@debrituhalelo8383 ethiopia have the right to use the dam when she ain't damaging any other country like egypt our dam don't damage any country ..GO READ THE LAWS BEFORE SPEAKING
@@xternalyt6128 do you think that the guy who made us the 9th strongest army on this planet and make Ethiopia the 47th find this results out of nowhere are you donkey what is wrong with you dont miss with egypt don't make yourself a joke
Egypt is scared that Ethiopia is overtaking her economically, and will do so faster with this dam and the huge electricity it will generate. Ethiopia is the 2nd fastest growing economy on earth after Guyana. 3rd fastest is Rwanda. Africa rising.
“Establishing facts on the ground” is a ridiculous statement. The “ground “ is 100% Ethiopian . This isn’t MiddleEast politics. Moreover, If Egypt wants Ethiopia to fill it over a longer period, it should be prepared to compensate financially for each of the years delayed.
Egypt is in Africa, however, Egyptian are forgetting sharing or caring for African countries. Aswan dam was built without Ethiopian or Sudanese negotiations. 86% of Water runs from Ethiopian Highlands. Ethiopia is willing to share electrical power with all poor African countries. Egypt shame on you...!
Maybe, just maybe because when wr built the Aswan dam, we weren't cutting anybody's water off bro. If most of your country think like that, falling for bullshit government propaganda then I reslly feel for u guys.
Mostafa Ahmed @ get your information right! The water passing through the dam for electrical power if you have a little knowledge 😂. The Greedy Egyptian use of the river is 98%, Sudan 22% Ethiopia 0%. Go get you water from Israel. Stop crying like a bitch Egypt.
hi just wanted to say that Egyptian people support the development and growth of our home continent Africa and more specifically our neighbours, Sudan and Ethiopia. one must, however, note that Egypt is 97% dessert not nearly as fertile as Ethiopia which is why the Nile is literally the source of life and can not be treated as another natural resource such as gold or diamonds. I hope Ethiopian citizens understand the fear Egyptian citizens feel every day, tomorrow morning we may wake up with no water. yet it seems the trending hashtags aim for the death of Egypt and are requesting no compromises which in retrospect will kill us, this is the ONLY reason we are asking for a longer filling period I'm just replying as while i have no right to tell anyone what to do i believe nobody has the right to take the lifeline of millions :)
Asmaa El Baz I get what ur saying but Ethiopia is saying we are not going to hurt anybody when we fill the dam. I’m Ethiopian and I don’t want one Egyptian person to die with drought but it’s not fair to tell Ethiopians not to use their own water. Let us use the water together
@Mrs Hiruth Egypt decided it was time for a new capital city so they begun construction of it without regard to Ethiopia's need for its own water. The billions they invested making a new play ground could have been invested into massive desalination; however, they don't see n Ethiopia's pain... Egypt moves with the attitude of entitlement. Can you imagine Canada or Mexico telling the USA they couldn't build a dam on its land? Egypt has the Aswan dam. Ethiopia nor Sudan got involved. Egypt is in the wrong.
@@shockadellick diffrence is if egypt build a dam that will not affect Ethiopia or Sudan but any country building anything in Nile will affect poor farmers in egypt.
@@shockadellick it's a river bro that water doesnt belong one country, blue Nile belongs egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia not Egypt, Sudan or Ethiopia alone. and electricity from dam will not save starving chilldren as much as the starving chilldrens that will be produced in egypt because of the dam and according agreement made in the past Egypt has right to veto any construction in Nile. Nile river is not any resource in Egypt. Nile is the egypt without Nile valley their no egypt in the world so by taking Nile you are not taking egypts resources you are taking part of egypt itself and also Egypt cannot militarily occupy Ethiopia but Egypt can definitely distroy dam. And why should Egypt trust Ethiopia?
The moment Egypt built the Aswan dam on the Nile the ground they stood on sank. The Ethiopian lady is very correct in stating that the media is perpetuating the myth of Egypt's entitlement to the water.
Which is a British/Egypt Colonial agreement which Ethiopia does not recognise. The western media currently pushing the old colonial agenda & they are still secretly beefing Ethiopia/Abbisinia cause they never managed to colonise us. We know the beef aint over.
This isn't a complicated issue. Egypt is particularly dependent on the Nile - as it has been since antiquity for both drinking water and agriculture. Any damming upstream is a potential existential threat. Climate change and desertification increases the potential threat. This would make any reasonable person downstream nervous. Ethiopia should have pursued a multilateral agreement with Egypt and Sudan years ago regarding water supply management on the Blue Nile and downstream. It is a simple matter of international coalition building with partner countries in your own geographical region. There has been, however, a major deficit in diplomacy amongst African leaders for many decades now. I really don't understand why so many people who live far from the banks of the Nile are so quick to take sides in this. Not helpful - at all.
@@maledatek1 This is also a gross oversimplification. It is long past time that Africans stop blaming all their problems on colonialism (with the exception of those particular instances of neocolonialism in la France Afrique, the diamond trade, and new Chinese involvement). Those empires are long gone now. Time to grow up. Ethiopia, in particular (having never been colonized by European empires) really has no excuse. Most of Ethiopia's problems can be linked to interethnic conflict, a recent history of political corruption, and underdevelopment. Start there.
@@ems7623 What is a fair share then? Ethiopia having zero access to which it provides 85%? Egypt is now trying to play the negotiation game after decades of UNILATERLY stopping Ethiopia from building the dam either through protesting of outside investments or even bombing construction equipment enroute to ethiopia in 1976. Now after they have self funded the dam they are trying to act like the reasonable ones. Ethiopia wants to negotiate but wants to throw out colonial treaties that Egypt keeps citing and insist are valid (even though Ethiopia was never apart of it). It's very clear that Egypt wants to keep the status quo of the nile and this is far from existential threat. Do you know the largest aquifer in the world is under Egypt (Nubian Sandstone aquifer)? It has hundreds of years of the nile output (but you never hear anyone mention it) and besides that Egypt has access to the sea to desalinate. Maybe you should do your own research instead of parroting what you hear from MSM which skews the narrative for corporate interest. Media always portrays the poor egyptian farmer that can't tend his land but water is already disproportionally distributed to elites and corporations to export products like cotton. Here is a thought, maybe if you are in the middle of the desert don't export water-intensive crops. Egypt with a population of 100+ million while living on less than 5% of the land is already unsustainable. The egyptians government's solution to this is to use more nile water to make the desert more arable. Why does egypt get to grow at the expense of the other countries? Anyway the filling schedule is already agreed upon but egypt wants ethiopia to release water from its dam during a drought to compensate for the lower levels. Why does ethiopia need to do that when egypt has its own dam which has more than 2x the water the GERD could store and the artificial lake nasser?
malbung I’m so sick of all of the BIASED journalism/journalists who are driven by their own personal agenda as opposed to reporting facts. There will NEVER be peace on Earth.
The France journalist aka clown is trying to subliminally push European colonial tactics on Egypt with that war rhetoric but Ethiopia is not a country for being bullied by any Arabs or their Anglo Saxon friends.
Morsi was on record discussing an attack on the dam during his brief tenure. What's with that? Egypt has a large population and the Nile is the top strategic interest that impacts its internal security and domestic politics. This is a serious issue.
If that's was true come how come they never conquered ethopia in the history !! Bro you dont know anything either Anglo saxons or Egyptians can do anything to ethopia as they have tried both couple times and failed miserably
@@prosl11 a third rate imperial power conquered Abyssinia. Please strop with this atrocious chest thumping. We should be better than that and rise above the barbarism that has defined humanity for so long.
And diplomacy up and down the Nile to create a viable water management policy and plan could include those possibilities. Yet Ethiopia has not pursued diplomacy to resolve these tensions. I assume Egypt is sincere in having expressed interest in a diplomatic solution in the past. After all, alternatives to diplomacy are highly impractical and ineffective. So, why has the Ethiopian leadership failed to do this? This should have been handled through diplomatic channels - perhaps the African Union, which is headquartered in Ethiopia.
i am an Egyptian and i sware i do not hate Ethiopia i may not live in Egypt at the moment but all my family is there yes they have started to fill the dam but nothing has affected us so far if we will benefit from this in the future then we are happy for this to happen do not dare look at us in a bad way as god will help both sides
@@mohamedalaa4043 This can be life changing for all of us ,the dam supposed to supports 5 country, this is door opening ,water will still go to Egypt, it will be greatness, but there is this thing that the outsiders don't want Africa to grow ,we have, gas,gold,water,oil and more ,but yet looks at us we got nothing, this could be good benefit
the river is running to Egypt for the last 40 million year, it is THE ONLY natural resources for life for us, while you have 936 billion m3 of rains on your land every year, if you are using it wisely you wouldn't have threatened us to get quick money ... you will not be allowed to kill a 7000 yrs old nation just because you don't like them ... it is matter of time ... enjoy the ride
Ethiopia has the right to use its portion of the Nile water, however, it fits its citizen demand for development. What if the other nations wanted to use their portion of the Nile River for irrigations, will Egypt go to war with them? It's an international river. If Egypt wants more water, let them desalinate ocean water and add it to their reservoir
@@enochnig9257 funny how all of a sudden ethipoia builds a dam during egypt revolution like rats making a hole in another persons house you guys really risk war with us and think we will allow you control the water which we used for thousands of years and you can use also but you wana control it and dont care about filling it slowly you think your smart talking from your ass i cant wait until we destory that dam in 1 day.
They won't hear this at all and they prefer to spend all their money on purchasing weapons and show-up to the world how they are equipped. Not only desalination the mediterranean sea they have also a water under there soil which can serve them for the coming 100 year's.
@@shalomyoo We built so many desealination projects to overcome the decrease in water in the years in which Ethiopia will fill the dam's lake We are not showing or threatening, your pm was the one who threatened to gather a million Ethiopians not us
@@hebamohamed2739 They took his speech out of context . He was answering to Egyptian threat of war and he also said its not in the interest of Ethiopia or Egypt to go to war
If Egypt changes their agricultural practices from 4000BC to 21st century it would not make any difference to their water security if Ethiopia fills the dam in 6 months.
@Peter Raaft Well speaking like an idiot is your choice. The irrigation methods used along the Nile still rely on flood a lot on flood-irrigation which is exceedingly wasteful of water. If the change to drip or even sprinkler irrigation and other modern methods they could save 50-70% of the agricultural use of water. Just look at how little water is used by Israel to produce vast amounts of food. Water shortages are inevitable as there are too many people for the water in North Africa. Egypt has a population bigger than Germany and they rely on one river. Not good.
Stop Arabic selfishness, Arabs and Caucasians have taken Africans for granted and exploited them for too long.This time it won't work. Africans are ready to support Ethiopia in a war against any selfish people.
@Yara Zy just because the nile flows into egypt from ethiopia doesn't necessarily mean you own. Read and learn the facts before you scribble anything. Ethiopia owns the nile naturally. The Brits fooled you by promising you your share but you have been played. The Brits are not on your side now as they were during the colonial times. Wake up bro and stop dreaming and accept peacefully your share of the nile among your neighbors
Egypt have one dam and sudan have many other dams but all of them doesn't block water form passing through is path. Ethiopia also have many dams but this dam specifically is made to block near 100Billion meter of water that will starve our nation on another hand Between the years 2000 and 2009 more than 200 notable dam failures happened worldwide, and ethiopia Built the dam just on its border with sudan, so if it fall it will be A Disaster to sudan and Egypt with no effect for ethiopia.
@@mohamedbalb3 Don't worry the dam will not fall down and also don't worry about our Sudanese brothers . Ethiopia won't harm Sudan and vice versa too. Just worried about you and your ppl before it's too late .Tic Tac Tic Tac ⏰
@@askme7620 listen brother, we have no problem with you building the dam as long as we can trust you to open the dam in time of need, otherwise Egypt has the capability to blow the dam and go to war but as the man said in the video we don't want to fight because we all are brothers and allies.
Ethio Boy I don’t need google to educate, I know my history like my name, A big difference to fight for some more land or for saving some tribes from your attacks ... and to fight for our existence Also ... who told you we need to move a whole army to do what we want ... We didn’t need our army to separate Eritrea 30 year ago .... There is a lot of ways to do it .... boy ENJOY THE RIDE 😉
It rains on Ethiopian highland and cotton grows on Egyptian deserts. It rains in Ethiopia and the lights turn on in Egypt. Ethiopia's rain have been magical for Egypt. Time to make that magic work for Ethiopia.
#fillthedam
I like that!!!
@Peter Raaft man... you are an idiot not him. Do you want us to be babysitter for our child? I don't want to hear this proverb anymore in Ethiopia: "the child of Nile (Abay) thirsted for water". Man I am as hungry and angry as hell, and I'm not going to take your bullshit any more.
@Peter Raaft idiot, Nile flows down within Ethiopia for 800 Km
#filthedam
@Peter Raaft ; No problem, at this time Ethiopia can be a low land.
We support Ethiopia I am Eritrea, 100%Ethiopia should be able to use the Nile river as much as they can, it shouldn’t even be an issue to any other country.
Use your mind for a second
@@thenamewhowillknockksidown7333 with our own resources we have fully rights to use. We don't need any permission from anyone included America or areb countries.If the water comes from you, you will not be able to give us a glass of water. Enough is enough. This is the time to use our own "ABAY".
@@thenamewhowillknockksidown7333 you use your own, our brother just told the truth and the fact!!!
Well said thanx!
It will not be an issue????? They will block the water for more than 120 million people and not a problem????? Countries will be destroyed and not a problem???? Are you even a human
I don't know where the problem is, Ethiopia should be able to fill the newly built Dam. No one's business.
Go Ethiopia and Good luck.
Welp there are 100 million people could be affected so yeah things don't work like that , war will be bad on both sides but imagine people can't find water .
Reallity is true what you said politician make things complicated things
@@aspire7860 they are not black so who care
Ur stupid , u don't get that this is a matter for science and scientists to decide the effects and mechanism that causes minimum harm for both sides , the natural catastrophe that might results from this can affect an entire nation and believe me war is bad for both sides , Ethiopia and Egypt will just get more poor , u need to suppress down ur testosterone and use wisely ur brain and stop being superficial , leave this for neutral scientists to decide .
Mr Meow. Then pay up bro why crying. even Ethiopian ppl pays to the government. Crying isn’t the solution. Money talks.
The World is behind Ethiopia.
I doubt it
@Juciest Woman...i agree with you.
Dutch people here are behind ethiopia
@Chris de Graaf...Germany we too behind Ethiopia.
Chris de Graaf 👌Nice Tnx man hopelijk kan er een verdrag komen
So Simple.
If it rain in Ethiopia that is their water.
Egypt and Sudan have already built a dam on the Nile.
War is not the solution.
You can't own the Nile, it just happens that it originates from there "naturally". I see no right there, you didn't dig the nile nor you pour the rains. And it's certainly not your right to deprive downstream countries from their "natural" water source. You are very arrogant and stupid.
Also, is you are afraid of war, don't be stupid and find a solution instead of being stubborn
U don’t care , u are not Ethiopian , u are Djiboutian , Ethiopia claims Djibouti as their country .
Did they discuss anything with us when they built their dams?? NO!!! I am sorry to include Sudan in this, they have also been bullied by the Egyptians for centuries, ask the Nubians? They were the original pharaohs until the newcomers from the East destroyed their civilization and took over Egypt!!! We know the history of the region from ancient times to the present so no fooling us on Egyptian intentions!!!!
Omar Elshafee You are the arrogant and stupid one!!! Insolent as well, in that case why don’t you tell the Arab states that the oil they have underground was put there by God and does not belong to them, hence they can’t drill it and make money because they didn’t make the oil they just put Riggs and drilled it!!!! You are the idiots that come up with whatever argument you can to stop us from filling our dam!!! The more you talk, the sooner the world will find out how selfish you are trying to take what is not naturally yours as yours talking about 100+ year old treaties in order to justify your bullying. Do what you must but it will not stop us from filling our dam when we want. If you have issues with God for putting the source in the middle of Ethiopia, your issues will be with him not us!!!! He realized how selfish you are and made you dependent on your neighbors, you are welcome to ask him why, if you ask hard enough, maybe he will tell you!!!
All the support for Ethiopia. Never back down, this is your river, your resource and you are fully entitled to use it.
@sheesh then why u shout?Ethiopia is building in its territory
@@universaltube1603 you are doing it in a shared river
I go with ethiopia
It has the right to use its resources
That because you're crazy
@@youseffariec4545 maybe that's you
@@AlejandroLV no that because we are the 9th most strongest army on earth
@@youseffariec4545 explain to me your business in libya
@@youseffariec4545 probably you are the 9th most pathetic army on earth
Support for Eithopia. Much love from your Southern Neighbour Kenya. Build the Dam and help us lit our marginal communities at our furthest borders with cheaper electricity. We rise Together. 💪💪
We love you our Kenyan brother and sister from 🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹
We will do it Thank you so much for support
You guys have to build a dam too.
cool bro
But i was thought Kenya was with egypt
It's ironic when Egypt prohibits eastern Africa nation's from using the Nile water which originates here so that they can use the waters for irrigation and export rice and fruits to us! Support Ethiopia, from Kenya 🇰🇪🇰🇪
There is a failure of African leaders up and down the Nile river and its watershed to engage in diplomacy to agree to a viable water management plan. Ethiopia refuses to engage in diplomacy and acts unilaterally. Egypt responds in kind.
I would encourage sensible Kenyans and Africans to think more about the long term ramifications of this way of operating on the Nile River. It is a path towards increased conflict and, yes, potential famines.
Diplomacy, international collaboration and planning is the only way forward on this issue. Africa needs a great deal more of it, in general.
How much longer do Africans want to stay in this postcolonial period of political dysfunction and infighting? The world is growing impatient with it. China will exploit that.
@@ems7623 oh and i am assuming you think african politics are in a vacuum or the only foreign influencer is china? USA and west in general loves the narrative that china is exploiting africa while they overthrow or bully regimes that don't favor their corporate interests. The world may be getting tired of it but the elites encourage the chaos (directly and indirectly) while they reap the benefits of africas' natural resources. All while they perpetuate how they are helping the poor africans by giving foreign aid to regimes that do their bidding which end up being mostly pocketed.
Wrong knowledge Bro ... Nile is not internal river inside Ethiopia to control it ..but it's an international river as many international rivers in Europe and other continents that no country can control neither prohibit to the common countries.. Ethiopia recailms that it needs the Nile water for irrigation despite it has 9 times the amount of Nile water from other resources while Egypt got no other water resources .. Ethiopia is an imprialist and racist country against its all African neighbours and mistreat the borders rules taking advantages of african neighbours forces weakness but now Ethiopia collides with Egypt which is so powerful... if Ethiopia is really serious in developement issues, it would focus on other resources rather than storing the amount of water on the borders of sudan to destroy Sudan and Egypt with 75 billion cubic meters of water in case of the dam gates are opened ...poor Sudan poor Egypt
prohibit?? just like that ?? u r talking trash my friend
lol what does nile have to do with your incompetence? the river literally leaves Ethiopian border as it spawns. not mentioning your 950 billions you didn't use it wisely.
To all supporters of the Ethiopian Dam, we hear you and we thank you!
As African no confidence on genuinity of us and Europeans. History is full of mischief towards africa. Ethiopians deserve their water
Amen👏🏿
hi just wanted to say that Egyptian people support the development and growth of our home continent Africa and more specifically our neighbours, Sudan and Ethiopia. one must, however, note that Egypt is 97% dessert not nearly as fertile as Ethiopia which is why the Nile is literally the source of life and can not be treated as another natural resource such as gold or diamonds.
I hope Ethiopian citizens understand the fear Egyptian citizens feel every day, tomorrow morning we may wake up with no water. yet it seems the trending hashtags aim for the death of Egypt and are requesting no compromises which in retrospect will kill us, this is the ONLY reason we are asking for a longer filling period
I'm just replying as while i have no right to tell anyone what to do i believe nobody has the right to take the lifeline of millions :)
Asmaa El Baz Now you are pleading for a change, most of the rhetoric we heard from your citizens and government to date was bullying, threats and lies as well as deception. Why did you not try to work with us in collaboration since you claim that the Nile is your only lifeline and it should be reserved for your use exclusively? It’s been over nine years since the building of the dam began, it is none of our business but instead of building a whole new city to compete with Dubai which will need additional water, electricity etc. couldn’t you have spent your money and your meager resources on digging for undergrowth water stored beneath you in your own territory? You have invested in all kinds of modern weaponry to intimidate your neighbors into cowering to your wishes, why don’t you ask your governments to divert funds to secure your water supply instead of intimidating your neighbors? You keep saying your lifeline is the Nile, hydropower recycles water and sends it out again, we waited since 1965 to build this dam while you’ve been undermining us, weren’t we patient enough? How much longer did we have to wait to satisfy Egypt? For ever is what I think as you are too used to free water and had no intention of looking for ways to supplement your sources. You are even bold enough and comfortable enough to sell it to third countries while you stop us from getting a liter. Enough is enough, we have lost our patience, there is no way back, tell your government to stop selling water to 3rd countries, stop building a brand new city to compete with Dubai(that have ample resources) and to dig the aquifer under your sand to supply you with fresh water that is a priority for your people. No more patience, we will fill our dam when we want to, how much we want to and that is that!!
No no no ! They dont use it anyway, because they never shower.
mulualem seifu its your crap government that ruined and refused to negotiate and collaborate with the Egypt, Sudan and the intermediary US by not attending meetings and not turning up like a primary school kid chucking a tantrum !! hahhahahaahhah
no more colonial treaty in africa
Reinassance is resirrection of blavk man power in modern time.like Harlem NYC.
Yeah bro no more in African
they no we are not colonial by Egypt pls
Freedom to oromia
@Micheal Hnat stupid ignorant whats in ur small brain u mix turks with egyptions with africa , another racist man , freedom to oromia no for ethiopia bilisumaa naanoo yes walaba
Can you imagine how Egypt have treated the rest of the countries, if the Blue Nile has actually originated from there?
No I can’t begin to imagine! They would probably charge us for every liter crossing their border!!!! God understood their selfishness that’s why the source is in Ethiopia!!!!
Who said that to you?
@@mulualemseifu1351 this land given to ethiopia because of (The 1959 Nile Waters Agreement between the Sudan and Egypt for full control utilization of the Nile waters) also egypt never object of building but we has to be agreement
remon mokhles that agreement was with the British colonizers and doesn’t concern Ethiopia one bit. Yes the two sides have to agree but agreement has to favor Ethiopia which have their choice.
@@samehseleim1470 your stupid presdant lies all over the world to stop us from my water
The only way Ethiopia can lift its people out of poverty and improve their lives is by using the scarce natural resources it has.
The resources aren’t scarce they are plentiful, but the water is Ethiopia’s they have the right to fill their dam with their own water
@@yuliaaaaaaaaaaa facts
Fill the dam(LOVE from Kenya)..Ethiopia has every right to fill the dam however they please.... Colonial empires made treaties that favored them or their allies since Ethiopia wasn't a part of that it does not apply to them.
Thank u ma brother
Fill the dam at slow pace in a manner that doesn’t ‘thirst’ downstream nations. International law prohibits upstream states to cut off or entirely disrupt the waters.
@@dinisrealm3240 Does filling the dam in a slow manner really help Egypt in the end, though? Once the dam is full, Egypt will get much less water than it does now.
right you are we filled the dam
@@balagertube3906 Proof? 😂😂😂
Egyptians repeatedly say we are entirely depends on Nile for fresh water. And is called it existential issue. So are you warning the upstream countries not at all to use the Nile? Or you want to decide who gets what amount of water? As you need the Nile for existential life others need it too! Literally you are asking the basin countries to twist their hands and sit while you are eating the bread. This is injustice and unfair outlooks! Thanks Mekdelawit for explicitly explain the position of Ethiopian. #FillTheDam#NoCompromise
Ethiopia : we have more than one river but we decided to build a dam on the one that reaches you egypt .
Egypt : sure ok no problem .
Ethiopia : we suffered unjust treaties and want you neighbors to change it .
Egypt : sure ok no problem just fill the dam slowly over the next 15 years or so . or we won't have water .
Ethiopia : ok
also Ethiopia : psych ,,, we'll now fill the dam quickly anyway , and screw you Egypt
also Ethiopia :we'll attack Sudanese military camp "Anfal" with mortars to terrorize them unless they support us
@@amrshatlaa9617 Egypt has 55 trillion ground water. No Egyptian ever mentioned it. Egypt is playing only Nile game by hiding data but not in the 21st century. Egypt has 1000 years reserve and upstream countries cannot survive a single dry season. Who really needs the Nile?
@@LakechB first this number is inflated , most egyptian groundwater is in the western desert away from the farmlands of the nile and it would cost us 10 times the cost of your dam to transport it .second : groundwater is not renewable so even if we use it eventually it will run out . third nobody said not to fill the dam , we only ask for assurances during the drought and that you fill the dam slowly .
@@amrshatlaa9617 having more than one river doesn't mean the Ethiopians could utilise the other rivers which do not flow into the Nile. Simply because Ethiopia is the most mountainous country in Africa and majority of the rivers flow through the gorges and making it impossible to use their rivers for irrigation. I'm not even Ethiopian but I know this facts coz I have read tones of articles about Ethiopian rivers.
Did Egypt do a lot to save water? Or are they still using the majority of water to make the desert fruitile?
So basically Egypt plays the western part of, "eveything is fine right now" while Ethiopia tries to help everybody?
Maybe you should team up with Israel, they got the best technology for desalination plants....
Ethiopia should just fill the dam. Ethiopia, do NOT make your people inferior; ist 100% their River. No nation has the right to own your resources in your nation.
Its a crime because This water is belong to several countries in Africa .....( Bobi from Iran)
@@BobiR-bl9fc How is filling one's own dam constructed in it's sovereign territory with internal resources a crime?
@@bbiirruukk The problem is Our Leaders in Iran or Africa are Illiterate & Stupid so they cant solve any problem without war, There is a same situation in Europe over Danub River but they share their river peacefully without confilict . Finally let me to remind you, in Any war only ordinary people will die not Rich fat Politicians
@Ahmed Khalefa Nothing we offer you seem, good enough until we let you be in charge of everything, and that won't happen.
@@BobiR-bl9fc good to know , talk to other African countries. Leave Ethiopia alone.
why Ethiopian need permission to fill the dam Egypt didn't ask permission when she build her dam
i really can't stop laughing about this stupid question may be because egypt is the last country that the nile flows through and if egypt built a 100 dams THAT WON'T AFFECT ANY OTHER COUNTRY "GENIUS"
Very ignorant question
Ask who.? Have. A look at the map and come back
Because Ethiopia no need any thing any one
mahmoud mokhles Are you dumb? So you gonna keep building dam without permission and think” you own the Nile for 100%” 😂🤣. If you think the water is yours, why are you picking your nose with Ethiopia? “Abbay” is our Nile river. It originates from Ethiopia. I will repeat it “ Abbay” originates in Ethiopia. It’s also written in the Bible in Genesis which is called “ Gihon” which surround Ethiopia. The water is the gift for Ethiopians, that’s why it originated from Ethiopia. Go look the map. The water flows from Ethiopia to Egypt NOT the other way around. You say Nile is about choosing life or death 💀 😂😂🤣🙄🤷♀️. You have two big seas start using them. You got plenty of water, it’s NOT good to be greedy and selfish.
@@habeshachannel1757 The Nile is an international river imbecile, Egypt doesn't own the dam nor does Ethiopia, sudan, Kenya, uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, South Sudan or any other country everyone owns the river and any attempt to restrict its flow jeopardizes the population who live in downstream countries
Support for Ethiopia.... Love from Somalia.
Support ur Muslim brothers not against them
@@ahmedmohamed663 who are our muslim brothers the egyptians you know how racist they to are black people whether they are black muslim or not somali refugees in Ethiopia live with dignity you cant say the same about egypt they are not our brothers only the few who are not racist and abuse black people are our brothers all refugees in Ethiopia live with dignity wether they are muslim or not most ethiopians are kind people who dont abuse people who are already suffering
I'm from burco
I live in manchester
I support Ethiopia
Haven't Ethiopia built a dam on your river and caused drought and famine to your country ?
Are you OK with that and wish this happens to other countries?
Strange
Safika Said You clearly don’t know what you are talking about us Egyptians have never been involved in slavery or racism. Speak facts!
we were not part of the 1929 treaty. we have the right to fill our dam. we will not ask any permission from anyone
and we also don't have to ask for any permission to defend our lives by any means possible
mahmoud mokhles. History will repeat itself.
we will return u to stone age
Mohamed Ahmed. We will turn you to desert country then.
you right bro 🙌🙌
We don't need to let anyone down. This is enough of our river and dams is our turn .God bless Ethiopia
Please stop spreading lies about African issues.... This matter will be resolved by the African Union not France
Dont let the poison from Europe spread in Africa this time.
@@truenepalichoro9621 yes ture
The African Union is useless and Ethiopia is the one selfish about the water flow during and after the filling.
@@ahmadsalawi7777 You called African Union useless, because you are an Arab not an African, i'm proudly Nigerian from Africa. The nile crises can be solved in peace not by pointing fingers
Not African Union,sorry to say mwamar Gaddafi was brutally killed by his country men through the orders from above (America,)African Union is equally the same as African governments they sing the western and American tune's except (Rwanda) the rest the rest can not stand alone without the (UN,IMF, European Union,Brenton Woods)no African government that can borrow from another African government, why,why,why,why because they do not have the Key's of their countries they must ask permission from above
Mekdelawit, all points well made and articulated. We are proud of you!!
I like your argument but it was good when you select some where which Can avoid background sound to much background sound and bad connection.
even thought they kept showing random footage during her segment. This didn't happen during any of the other speakers. This is a tactic to distract viewers from the speaker's points. Shame on France24 producers. Bias Europeans. This is a tiny example of why Europeans should play no part in delegation of this problem. They will always be bias towards the Arabs.
Not true. A child in adult room. Need matured one like Jawar, Al arsi, etc
Egypt an no water Dawon
Fasil Joshua France is on Egypt’s side because they’re both funding haftar and other rebel militias in Libya. France 24 is biased
Common sense, Ethiopia is right here. We will support ethiopia if war ever breaks
Somalia is currently siding with the winner, but we would prefer if 🇪🇬 won
@@abiiecreate8980 no, Bob Marley once said if Africa unite it would be so good for all the people. Can you imagine another country telling Samalia it can't do what Ethiopia is trying to do or put your self in their shoes and I ask you this what if it was your country Egypt was telling you can't build and fill the dam in Samalia , what would you say to Egypt ?
@@abiiecreate8980 thank you brother.
War between two of them will be catastrophic for both countries. I hope they don't go that route. Peaceful resolution mediated by neighbours like Sudan and eritrea will solve the problem easily.
Abiie Create are u dumb the damn will not only help Ethiopia but all the neighboring countries 😂
We Moroccans and I have friends in Algeria, all support our Ethiopian brothers. It's your right
All other nations on the continent must stand up with Ethiopia 🇪🇹 especially the northern countries! Egypt is trying to cause problems because they don’t have control.
love to Morocco, from Ethiopia
Damn and I thought we were Arab brothers
@@MohamedHassan-wr4hr Iraq supports egept 😉😉😉معليك بالذباب الالكتروني نفس المشكلة عدنة وية تركية وبعد اصعب
Merci bocu Moroccoans brothers👐👊💪
The world should know that the source of Nile river is Ethiopia but 0% share due to colonial treaty. Ethiopia has the right to use its resources.
lol . now its colonial treaty !! haha . no dear it's a right treaty and your country deal with it . and you know deal is the deal as all people know so please stop to be greed and stop to acting like stupid people
shiko Oo fun games Do you know 86% of the Nile is from Ethiopia? Where is Ethiopian share on its water? You better think of sharing the river and move forward as the old song will not resolve the issue
tedy gech Ethiopia has the right to use the natural resources that God have created, Egypt shouldn’t be having any say on these.
shiko Oo fun games are you stupid, Ethiopia literally doesn’t have a share according to the treaty and yet its in their land. Stfu you know little or nothing
@@robellyosief8820 Also Ethiopia never signed nor envited during the treaty.
Correction: Egypt is wasting water by planting rice and other plants that need a lot of water. Indeed the Egyptian leader is trying to find an external distraction from his internal conflict. That is not so much of an issue in Ethiopia. Egypt needs to stop the false narrative it is spreading about how the filling of the dam will impact its way of life. It will not. But it will allow Ethiopia to provide electricity to its citizen while at the same time not depriving Egypt water from the Nile.
That should be the goal and if that goal is reached, much respect to Ethiopia
If Egypt & Etiopia control their population , It can be a big help
Egypt has banned rice farming and bananas and other water intensive crops stop lying you have no right hoarding all of God's water you have other sources while we don't
They even have a ''brilliant'' project for turning desert into a farm land, egyptian politicians are just extremely corrupt...
@@h3egypt hi 70% what u call OTHER RIVER are tribute of Nile YES the same Nile we taking about and pls stop saying other river. While u have 55 trillion bmc water under ur feet. So start using that
Ethopia has a right it´s water Egyptians are dreaming.
We aren't
all river countries have the water rights ..it is common knowledge in egypt
hey france..give haiti their damn money back and mind your buis.
And from what country are you from?
I'm sure yours has stolen something one day and haven't paid it back
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This seems Egypt is very selfish course River Nile starts from Uganda in E . Africa they keep on harassing other countries as though the river belongs to Egypt alone.
Is this how it’s going to be in the future? Blaming other people who were around hundreds of years ago? How about you pick up your balls and do something instead of pointing fingers, in that case I want money from the brits, and the Spanish, oh wait those kings are DEAD
What's the use of a parliament under a dictator Egypt, what are you trying to prove? Go Ethiopia.
Dictator egypt . Are you on drugs or something 😁😂
@St. Petersberg on this issue both pro and anti Sissi Egyptians agree though. The nile is of existential importance to all Egyptians, regardless of politics or religion.
it is survival issue on ethiopian side too we are poor because we didint use it , that is our right to use it , mekdi you are a great ethiopian we proud of you
What company is building dam do you know?
@@timcavazos wtf?
lol what does nile have to do with your incompetence? the river literally leaves Ethiopian border as it spawns. not mentioning your 950 billions you didn't use it wisely.
Ethiopia should just fill the dam.Don't give a damn of neo-colonialism or colonial stupid and selfish agreements.
The agreement done when ethiopia was independant...kingdom.
Thanks brother
Egypt's military dictators need to stop being so selfish
Selfish about what its our lives are you reasonable or just writing trash
@Zeyad Mansour Borik Radwan you have Mediterranean and red sea. Be smart!
@Zeyad Mansour Borik Radwan Egypt has more underground water, eventually lasts 1000 years
@Zeyad Mansour Borik Radwan Nile covers over 70% of all Ethiopian river water sources. Ethiopia doesn't have sea access and doesn't have the massive amount of underground water source Egypt is endowed with.
@Zeyad Mansour Borik RadwanDear, it doesn't matter how many resource Ethiopia has. You can't order or threaten to use water coming from other country. How come you demand resource owner not to use its resource, but you are entitled to use and control it? For goodness sake, be thankful and apperciate whatever you're shared.
The world has enough for everyone's need, but not enough for one's greed.
- _M.K. Gandhi_
Gandhi was racist 😒
Also Ethiopia is landlocked, Egypt should get desalination plants. Come on the only greed is Egypt
@@darkmoon3310 He was in the start as he studied in England.
When he was in South Africa his view changed.
@@darkmoon3310 we are all made of Star dust mate. I don't like my neighbor very much, who happens to have one arm, it does not mean I dislike all one armed people. I believe we all have a right to live, but not at the demise of another. I am always pleasantly surprised that a poor man is more likely to provide a meal and shelter at his own cost to a stranger, yet a rich man says he cannot afford it and that it is not his problem,. Go figure?
Gandhi underestimated my needs.
I think Egypt is jealous Ethiopia has built a bigger dam.
No not jealous the ethopian dam will make egypt have no drop of water ...... you speak like a child
@@vxin244 water collected in the Ethiopian dam over the wet season will guarantee a good constant flow over the dry. Water that would have ordinarily emptied into the Mediterranean
Tolta Tolta our economy will be always be better than urs
@@AhmedMohamed-mi8kf you are right what economy they are talking about ethiopia has not economy now and after the dam they will not be a match for us .. howa anta masry sa7
@Tolta Tolta yeah like you are not suffering ... i swear to god we are not jealous ... no ethiopia is the one suffering we have the pyramids and many other stuff and you have nothing 😂😂😂😂 you talking like your poor country will be rich.. that will be in your dreams 😂😂 and ethiopia is jealous you wanted to build a dam since a 80 years ago ... and you built now because our authority is corrupted and the presidend sisi is a rogue president and if he wasnot a presind we will be the richest country in the world
Support Ethiopia from turkey..... Sisi the dictator...
tanks Sir
Thanks 🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹 the water is enough for those 3 contrys, but Egypt want use for internal political issue and bla bla..
Thank you very much
@@helloworld1237r7 Thank you brother! The last thing Ethiopians want ist to hurt the Egyptian people. Sisi and the rest of the government is corrupt. They are military and only know war and corruption (hence Trump's favorite dictator). The dam will be good for all of East Africa. Together we will prosper. Love and Peace.
@@goldenkiwi1006 how will it be good for Egypt? And how do you not want to hurt the Egyptian people if you deminish our only water suppy? You wont hurt Sisi, you will hurt us and our economy and farming land.
Mekdelawit came prepared. Well argued points! 👏🏾✊🏾
@Abyssinian Prince i dont know how you understand him but he always support Ethiopia so chill
@Abyssinian Prince Why don't you call yourself Egyptian queen? Nothing wrong with it. Levar Mitchell disregard this b**ch
@ Levar mitchell....thank you brother. We need guys like you.
@Abyssinian Prince be cool man!! Give him the appreciation he deserves. It is wrong to insult your brother.
Abyssinian Prince. Choma ras shut up
What a beautiful woman, I love that skin color, is like dark honey and you know that dark honey is the sweetest. Go Ethiopia 🇪🇹, love from the Dominican Republic 🇩🇴.
She looks like Dominican
Hey Adrian where are in Dominican Republic? I am Ethiopian but my Fiancé is Dominican. Every time I come to Dominican Republic everyone assumes I am Dominican. I love it
The people of Dominican Republic/DR, thank you for the supporting Ethiopians for the disagreements of 1902 colonialism.
Matt Tad on. P. Look. P pop. N in. P. Look. P. P. L. Pop.
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Ethiopia build the dam quickly and fill it...support from kenya, 💪💪
and what will kenya gain from the dam !?
@@shikooofungames1702 Water will back fire in turkana and hakuna matata.
we thought Kenya was with egypt wtf
@Rock Stone will a lot of weapons and ahhh money maybe and what will you gain from Ethiopia
@Rock Stone no iam know how to talk English i says maybe if you help us we will give money and weapons and i says what will you gain from Ethiopia as well
With Ethiopia on this one from Sudan
Kenya should also build a Mega Dam using Lake Victoria (high time this colonial name changes too) and power it's industry and population. Let's see what Egypt will do. Africans will triumph, no more feeling of superiority; we'll fight the colonialist and their cronies to the last man.
Nyangumi Ndume were african too 🤦🏽♂️ and what ethiopia is trying to do is against international law
Every one has the right to protect his national security but who have the power in the end the biggest looser will be Sudan
All servants support each other
You will never have character like Ethiopians, I hope Ethiopia prospers and outtakes you. Inshallah
27:30 he doesn’t want to play the colonial card because without outsiders dictating the contract they would never have been the legal grounds. The guy is a sell out. Instead of focusing on creating a desalination plant they want to fight for the Nile. Play the colonial card because that is what it is. It has no grounds in Africa and African countries has the right to revoke that as colonialism legal blueprint is set up unfairly and removes the African countries sovereignty
Like it or not....we gonna fill it and change our people’s life insha’allah .
Moe Baker it will happen insha’allah... that’s ur problem u think that you are the strongest and abnegate us like previous leaders all around the world until we showed them who we really are...and again we want peace and our water we don’t take orders from any country we never did before and we won’t in the future.
@Moe Baker then did you think. The water flow smoothly. Everything is our hand bro we do not do bad but think before spiking we can use money technical this is modern era . The water is enough for those 3 contrys without political
Dekika Foods Egypt has no problem with the dam the only problem is that Ethiopia wants to fill up the dam really fast which will cause drought in Egypt
One hour we will bomb your dam on your heads
Moe Baker bomb the bloody dam in one hour
What matters now is Ethiopia is finishing the dam with or without the agreement. if the Egyptians have a conflict addiction we will put you in rehab forever .
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nice one bro 😁
Yeah but if we destroy this damn dam dont go to the us and isreal and cry
One of the shitiest nation on earth is threatening egypt I mean come on you guys are joke
@@dxdboy7418 د انا لسه قاء تعليقك حالا استمر عافاك الله
Egypt use the water for them and sell it too so now this is the Ethiopian people use there own water
we are not selling the water!! we never did!!!
Eithiopia receives 936 billion meter cubes every year on their lands, they have many sources of water
Nile is our only source of life ... thisa is the normal path of this rever for the last 40 million years
we are already have short of water as we are receiving 55 billion meter cubes, while we need at least 114 billion meter cubes to survive
now Ethiopia want to cut off these 55 billion and control the rest ... we will not allow killing 7000 yrs old nation
@@egyptreturns you want to take GOD to the Court ? because that water is a gift from God not from you.
Jerry Hunt the Nile should be divided equally all that Egypt wants is to slow down the filling that’s it.
@@egyptreturns 936 billion meter cubes that you are refering most of it goes to the tributeries of Abbay the biggest river that contributes to nile. That is why we use it as Hydro electric power.
Jerry Hunt
Very true indeed
It is gift from god
An indeed YOU want to take god to the court not us ... GOD directed the path of the river to our land for the last 40 million year to make us exist ... for 7000 years
And today you want to change GOD’s path and this will cease us to be exist
This will not happened and you will pay for this .... we have experienced more than that among our history... we know that this will end in our benefit.... enjoy 😉
Nothing to negotiate. It's just selfishness. You can't tell someone not to use water in their sovereign land.
It is more complicated, Egypt has a population of 100 M and they all depend on the nile, anything that limits the flow of water to Egypt is an existential threat to them. If multiple countries control different parts of the same recource they should negotiate building large scale structures with one another.
@@dekippiesip In this case, what part of the water resource does Egypt control? This is misplaced greed and selfishness. Period.Let them buy water from Ethiopia once Dam overflows or build boreholes to survive.
@@nyangumindume6751 egypt has an extremely high poverty rate so it is likely alot would die from water expenses rising and the high taxes the egyptian will likely inforce on it for money makes it even more of a threat. if there is a damn its importation to egypt shouldnt be taxed.
@@cyberium5020 Who cares? Oil is still sold by wealthy Arabs to countries with very high poverty too. Let Egypt buy water from Ethiopia. Period.
@@nyangumindume6751 You are a sadist. Some people will starve because of "development".
Great discussion with great level of detail and respect among the interviewees! Al jazera arabic should learn from this. They often invite Egyptian activist who do not even have enough knowledge about their topic, who do not respect the sovereignty of Ethiopia or even answer questions directly. We hope to see more of this. This kinda discussion will contribute to reaching an agreement eventually, and inform both Ethiopians and Egyptian about the truth. Thanks France24!
i'm shocked to find out that lack of empathy to Ethiopia all right wing thinking. NO ONE CAN STOP AS BUILD
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam !!
@@xxsolomon Exactly! We will fill it after 2 weeks regardless of agreement being made.
@@xxsolomon We Ethiopians expect empathy from those that don't look like us. They don't have empathy for us! The problem is we still think they do and expect them. The bottom line is they don't. Have they tried to help us during our times of struggle with famine, war etc ? No they have not, they just enjoyed the luxury our waters brought to them, In fact they pushed efforts to further destabilize our nation and still continue to do so today. We can not expect empathy from an enemy. That is foolish
I think African medias should control this kind of debates. It would also help them with international recognition and decolonization. It is pity we are still overshadowed by those European and Arab medias.
@@Fasil777 wrong this is international waters. Thinking it's 'our waters' is the reasons we have issues at the first place. The water belongs to us all - it's our commonwealth
The untold side of the story:
Regardless of wither this dam is a matter of economic survival for Ethiopians or not, geopolitical mistrust means it is a question of 'damned if you do, damned if you don't' for Ethiopia..meaning, even if Ethiopia (the source of 86%) of the Nile promises never to touch the river and instead decides to develop using other means, Egyptians have throughout history followed a shroud policy of keeping Ethiopia in constant turmoil and worked hard by actively supporting all sorts of destructive forces against Ethiopia, as well as blocking international development funds..Egyptian "strategists" as well as some leaders have been on recored saying "a developed Ethiopia is a threat to Egypt", and every Ethiopian knows this with a strong resentment towards Egypt..hence it makes sense for Ethiiopua to dam it or be damned forever..at least by having some level of "share" Ethiopia can place itself in a position to defend itself from Egyptian mischief..
Just reading some of the Egyptian comments here alone is a clear evidence of how Egyptians believe water flows uphill rather than downhill. The distorted sense of entitlement means something they should negotiate for has become some thing they want to obsessively dictate..for example demanding assurance in case of drought or asking Ethiopia release stored water from GERD is like saying the mega Dam buit by poor Ethiopians is my personal reservoir...bare in mind Egypt contributed not even a single penny towards the Dam, instead it did everything it can to destruct the Dam as well as the country..
Having said that there is no shortage of technical solution for sharing the river Nile without affecting one-another's interest but politics gets the better of everything....water wasted to evaporation in Aswan and the billions of cubic m3 unused water that passes through Egypt and ends up in Mediterranean alone is enough to fill hundreds of mega-dams upstream....but I guise Egyptians would rather die than see Ethiopians come out of darkness...
Basing your words on some perspectives that you have seen from other Egyptians is just... Not right. I, as an Egyptian, love Ethiopians. I love that they're hard working people, and I believe that they can achieve good stuff. The thing here is, we're fighting for survival, you're fighting for development. I would love to see Ethiopia develop (because if they did, that won't bring Egypt down or anything as other people think).
It's 1 Gigawatt per million people this dam only provides 6.5 Gigawatt, it's not even enough for export.....
Thank you brother, well said as it shows their selfishness. While wasting millions cubic meters of water to their desert and through evaporation; crying over Ethiopia's intention to provide electric city by maintaining the fair share of the two upper stream countries is really a complete selfishness.
@@bendedstraw4294
Sure more is needed..
@@omarkhalaf7014
Thanks for the kind words 🙏
We have absolute right to use our water if Egypt start war they're are not gonna see blue Nile forever,,
Not if y’all go extinct
أتفق مع أحمد
The condescending attitude of Egypt towards black Africa and their greedy stance on the issue of nile is one of the reason mutually agreed solutions have been difficult yo attain. Their usual posturing and threat of military force is nonsense. As long as Ethiopia abides by international laws, it has every right to build hydroelectric dam anywhere in its territory. We don't need Egypt's approval to do that.
greedy stance on the issue of nile???????????
you guys r really funny you just say things u dont even understand YOU WANT TO STOP THE ONLY SOURCE OF WATER FOR A 1 0 0 MILLION PEOPLE and y r calling them greedy do you even go to schools cause all of you people have that common sense that human beings can live without water
@@mahmoudosman1165 what are you talking about? It's Egypt, stuck in the 20tzh century trying to reimpose the colonial treaty signed between Egypt and the Sudan under the tutelage of Great Britain. Ethiopia was not represented and didn't have a say in the water distribution splitting 100% among only the two British protectorates.
Now it's 21th century. Ethiopia and the other Nile riparian states have rightly demanded to decide on the future of river and its water usage. Particularly, Ethiopia, as the source of 85 percent of the nile river water, has its God-giveb right to utilize water in her own territory as she sees fit without causing damage to the lower riparian states like Sudan and Egypt.
Under that colonial treaty, Ethiopia couldn't use a single drop of the Nile water. Our people have been living under the yoke of crushing poverty for lack of economic opportunities that come with infrastructure and sustaining energy source.
Did you mention school? well you seem to be the one who really needs schooling . Asking for equitable usage of water emanates from people with lots of common sense. On the contrary,.trying to deny 110 million their natural right to use their resources is not only dumb, it's outright violation of international law. If you really care to know or are matured enough to understand. We are not stupid like you. We recognize Egypt needs the water as much as we do. But you can't tell me Egyptian lives are better than Ethiopian lives.
@@mahmoudosman1165 How is it going to cut off the water? Please explain and show stats if you're so educated. This DAM is going to potentially benefit Ethiopia, Sudan, Kenya and Eritrea so where's the greed? Ethiopia suffers as well and this is going to help many people gain electricity which there is a massive shortage of.
@@mahmoudosman1165 how much water does Egypt contribute to the Nile?
melak just shut up you idiot.
I'm from Liberia, Ethiopia must continue the construction of the dam. We need light in Africa. Let Egypt continue to support wars in the middle east
Egypt has lobbied the international financial institutions not to fund the dam from the very beginning and succeeded it. After we built it with our own resources, Cairo tries to stand as a rigid stone on a rolling tire. The remaining for us is much less than what we did so far.
you still have very uphill spending to do ,, how much the civil war is costing u now ,,
Beside Ethiopia natural right to use Nile river without any nation permission and blessings, Let's not forget GERD is hydropower project it means non consumptive!
If you believe that you have the right to cut water regardless of what could happen for millions of people, so don't blame that people of what they do to survive!!
I know Ethiopians are really kind people, but unfortunately media fed you much hate against Egyptians .. you don't want to even see that no one is supporting your steps. And why they don't?! Your intentions are really bad toward Egypt, and you act like we're stealing your resources .. That's not oil, but water which running over millions of years and because of that nature Egypt was found!!
I see war is coming, but i still hope that you understand our need regardless of what you call it "your right" .. as human being, put yourself in our situation, we don't have other alternatives!! And Egypt need to have a binding agreement, so we can handle the loss, and work to compensate that short in water.
There's nothing we both can do about it, but it's sad to see comments don't want to see the whole situation from human being.
What the hell??? So you kill another nation for electricity
The Nile is a lifeline for Egypt, it is not a luxury, you can't choke a person and expect them to watch
Hope we don't go to war though
We said you can fill your lake in 7 years, get your electricity, we get our water, but your government is trying to portary us as the villians, unfortunatly the people are the ones to pay for it
@@hebamohamed2739 WOW You start bullying again?? You must remember. If you try anything foolish, you must be ready for the consequence. You might end up having no river flowing to you anymore. Tell your government to use the money in the water utilization infrastructure than spending in military junks to impress the Arabs. Learn from your body Israel how to use the sea water. You have plenty of it!
@@bekeledaba787 Consequences?! I really will be sorry if you woke up one day to face reality and find your dam, and military bases are gone! And your last card is to pee in the river at night while we're sleeping! Get mature!
If Egypt is the gift of the Nile, what is Ethiopia?
Isn't Ethiopia the main reason that it is so?
If Ethiopia is the main reason why Egypt is the gift of the Nile, why is Egypt using every opportunity to discredit Ethiopia?
It is time for Egypt(ians) to do a little bit of soul searching, reflect on the thousands of years of Ethiopia's generosity and let us rejoice our relationship with pride in our hearts, light on our heads, food on our table. Egypt will still enjoy the water.
That is the least we deserve!
Egypt is the gift of the Nile, Nile is the gift of Ethiopia!
Egypt is on a shaky ground with its assertion of Colonial agreements which gave them a right to manage the Nile water . This is nonsense
You are right, Loves from Turkey
@@yusufnarmanlioglu Ah i understand Kemal attaturk dam.
After all the nile comes out of Ethiopia's earth. Like Ethiopia does not take petroleum from Egyptian territory because Ethiopia has no petroleum egypt has no authority to take Ethiopian share of water.
@@alg7524 can't even sort between water that flows to several nations and oil.
@@yusufnarmanlioglu no he isn't they are mentioning fair share Ethiopia only says "Contrubution" and no share even UAE king said that.
24 years negotiation between the origin of the Nile and Egypt. now Egyptian has said Ethiopia are rushing to fill the dam. unless Ethiopia going to fill the dam, Egyptian will never come to rationality.
24 years !!!!why lying you started this without any cooperation with basin countries and while Egypt was in instability during the revolution in 2011
countries on the white nile should learn from ethiopia and utilize their waters
I think people in those countries are well aware of the GERD project, and also prospects in there own countries for water development. Each country is different, so you can't necessarily copy what some other country does. You should also learn from more countries and projects than just one. Energy management is a complicated matter, if you want to get it right.
You hate Egypt.. Why.?
@@atrokatro444 agreed. People like to think of now but 2040 will have different needs than now. Also with the African trade agreement. very few countries are going to produce the exact same product and services. Ethiopia need the additional energy because they are focus on heavy industrial products to be sold to the other African countries; They have huge plants included transportation products.
Tanzania: part of the EAF will also provide energy when their dam is completed. South Africa is also in the energy selling market.
THE MAJOR FINDINGS in the last 5 years : pretty much everybody in Africa has "oil + gas"😂. that is a secondary energy source
FUTURE: Most of Africa is being built with 2030, 2040 2050 cities. by 2040 we will like have move to more renewable energy or sun energy products. 80/20 %
@@cinnamonstar808 You bring in interesting points of view into the discussion. The future perspective is indeed essential. The world is unavoidably moving towards renewables, as you point out. The most important forms of production worldwide will be wind and solar, but for some countries, like Egypt and Ethiopia, hydro power will also be important, at least for quite a while. Geothermal energy will grow too, but it will also vary greatly by country.
Every country should consider carefully, whether investing in energy production by coal or natural gas makes sense anymore. I believe that in the future there will be more international taxes and other costs added to goods produced by using energy sources that add greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. Emission trading is one form of that practice already. Investing now into such production may prove to be a bad investment. Anyway, wind and solar are going to be so cheap in the near future, that number of countries adding fossil fuel based energy production will get smaller every year only for that reason. Africa indeed has great solar resources, and also wind resources are very good in many places. Both production forms seem to be built on the continent already in pretty big numbers. I’m confident that that trend will continue.
Hahaha that's true
If Nile river origins from Egypt, they stop the flow of water totally. Please Egypt think of equitable water utilization despite your no contribution of the water.
Egyptian people support the development and growth of our home continent Africa and more specifically our neighbours, Sudan and Ethiopia. one must however not that Egypt is 90% dessert not nearly as fertile as Ethiopia which is why the Nile is literally the source of life and can not be treated as another natural resource such as gold or diamonds.
I hope Ethiopian citizens understand the fear Egyptian citizens feel every day, tomorrow morning we may wake up with no water. yet it seems the trending hashtags aim for the death of Egypt and are requesting no compromises which in retrospect will kill us.
It is about the international law. If a river flows between two country. . It means non of the country stop or resist flow of water through artificial means unless another country agrees
are you ok origins from egpt
Aa Shaikh are you kidding me? Can you give us reference to the law?
86 of water originate in Ethiopia
Mekdelawit that was spoken well!
Not true. A child in adult room.
She is young but brilliant
Proud of you Mekdelawit.
Not true. We need matured person like al Arsi, Jawar.
Why eqypt telling ethiopia what to do when comes to the dam mega project? This is wrong and violation for internationals law and Ethiopia’s severghnity..
Yaslam Issa of you don’t know what’s going on then be quiet. Clearly their 100 million plus population are dependant on it. Don’t be so close minded
A. You sound like you don’t know what’s going on, Yaslam Issa makes sense. So maybe you’re the one who should be quiet
@@Useranonn so Ethiopia should stay poor and with out electricity just for egypt
We gone finish our great grand DAM
We r the black Ethiopians 🇪🇹
@@geda9954 black skin and black hearts your dam will be destroyed
@@Mavia803 come and try it then we will show U who we R. we never hesitate on our country and orthodox tewahdo. in God we trust.
Thank you Mekdelawit for sharing Ethiopia's point of view.
These Arab are very arguing, why do we have to take permission from Egypt to make our dump which our people will benefits. When Egypt made The Aswan Dam, or more specifically since the 1960s, the Aswan High Dam, is the world's largest embankment dam built across the Nile in Aswan, Egypt, between 1960 and 1970. Its significance largely eclipsed the previous Aswan Low Dam initially completed in 1902 downstream.
They did not take our permission so why we should take they permission?????
What is the negative effect of nasser lake on Ethiopia! Nothing
Sudan lost in that but it was an agreement between both countries
Can u tell what u will do with water flowing in Egypt from 60s till this moment if Egypt didn't use?
Egypt is clear about what they requested. You have a right to develop but u need to try your best to lower the negative effect on your neighbors.
@@greebfewatani aswan river harmed Sudan I guess
ibrahim Al-jundi
Well it’s good point, but Egypt want to control the discussion by asking for the dam to be filled by 21 years as we compromise to 7 years.
Regarding the dam of Nasir, as you expecting us to respect your need, this water is coming from our land, and Egypt need to respect us, before it build.
As the Nile is life and death for Egypt it’s the same for us too.
So Egypt government with the Arab league, trying to give order to us what do and how to do it!
We will never accept that from now.
Even 7 years it’s too long for us but we are respecting the international Law, but what Egypt want persuading one view.
@@catholicchant1726 yes and both countries accepted that fact I think if I'm not mistaken Nasser government paid compansation to the sudanise government to cover up for the population relocation which they did the same for their own people in Egypt. Please correct me of I'm wrong because this is what I heard from Egyptian sources.
But the fact is still what a dam in Egypt can affect the population of Ethiopia? Why Egypt needs to pay for a water running in its land? Is Germany, Netherlands, Austria, Hungary, and Romania paying for Switzerland for the rivers originated there!
The whole Ethiopian discussion and claims is just of hate greed and envey nothing more nothing less.
The whole discussion is changed from the right of people to live to an ethinic fight between Arabs and blacks (even I don't belive they are one nation) and playing the black card.
@@greebfewatani well in Europe all of them are rich countries but in Africa only Egypt is rich and isn't black that's why Ethiopia need the dam to produce electricity and selling water and all blacks even Somali and Sudan stand with Ethiopia because egypt conquered them once and also they are black with them and also this means dam in Ethiopia the more water to Ethiopia and its naubour countries
Mekdie, good job.
The water belongs to Ethiopians. They have exclusive natural rights to the Nile waters. Egypt cannot demand for Nile water, let them get their water from the sky or build desalination plants to reclaim water from the Red Sea.
@Dr. Artur Braun infact your statement here can be taken as a threat. Do you assume Egypt has no consequence to face of they settle on a stupid decision. I know they made such a decision before when they invaded Mt. Sinai region with the hope of taking over Israel land but they got beat in the war within 3 weeks.
Ethiopia has started an amazing historical development project which will be beneficial for the nations. So thry fo not have to ask and wait for other states approval. Go on Ethiopia!!!!
and egypt also dosen have to wait for other states approval to defend its own water
@@mahmoudosman1165 it is not Egypt's water Ethiopia is the source of 85%of Nile🤨!
@@miminigussie2794 and let us put the threats away for a while just little while woud you really be happy if other people are facing death just to have some electricity would you even consider that as an achievement. if it was anything else but water maybe we could have some negotiations but its WATER for god sake.
Bravo the Ethiopian guest.
The dam is for 1010 millions Ethiopian's gift of god
do not speak with the god name ... it is easy to hit the dam but we want to solve peacefully .. if you do not ....so do not cry
@@mahmoudismaeel7954 KKKKKKKKKKKK
The air is coming from Yemen and Eritrea ... So is it theirs to give to you?
@@ahmadradwan5914 eritreans we support ethiopia on this common sense. Egypt are being so selfish
@@keren7 I'm speaking about the concept, life is not luxury or selfishness , water is life , we hope prosperity to Ethiopia but not on our dead bodies
war? what war? war over my water and my dam?
no one went on war when Egypt built her dam.
If she come with war she will washed away by her own dam. trust me.
Our dam do not threat any country idiot
Our dam don't threat any country u are the selfish
Ethiopia has full right to use her own dam like you have full right to use your own. So many decades has west for ungrateful people.
@@debrituhalelo8383 ethiopia have the right to use the dam when she ain't damaging any other country like egypt our dam don't damage any country ..GO READ THE LAWS BEFORE SPEAKING
It only takes 1 missile to destroy the dam.
Ethiopia wouldn't dare to start a fight with Eygpt and Sudan
No one could stop Ethiopia to fill the dam.
Except Egypt
Egypt will do it
And remember my words well
Nada Raslan Egypt is not dumb it’s not gonna do anything past ask other countries or the un to stop Them
@@xternalyt6128 do you think that the guy who made us the 9th strongest army on this planet and make Ethiopia the 47th find this results out of nowhere are you donkey what is wrong with you dont miss with egypt don't make yourself a joke
Yousef Fariec Ethiopia is a very strong country don’t underestimate it. God is with us always you will see❤️
Egypt is scared that Ethiopia is overtaking her economically, and will do so faster with this dam and the huge electricity it will generate. Ethiopia is the 2nd fastest growing economy on earth after Guyana. 3rd fastest is Rwanda. Africa rising.
“Establishing facts on the ground” is a ridiculous statement. The “ground “ is 100% Ethiopian . This isn’t MiddleEast politics. Moreover, If Egypt wants Ethiopia to fill it over a longer period, it should be prepared to compensate financially for each of the years delayed.
I like how you think!
Egypt is in Africa, however, Egyptian are forgetting sharing or caring for African countries. Aswan dam was built without Ethiopian or Sudanese negotiations. 86% of Water runs from Ethiopian Highlands. Ethiopia is willing to share electrical power with all poor African countries. Egypt shame on you...!
Maybe, just maybe because when wr built the Aswan dam, we weren't cutting anybody's water off bro. If most of your country think like that, falling for bullshit government propaganda then I reslly feel for u guys.
Mostafa Ahmed @ get your information right! The water passing through the dam for electrical power if you have a little knowledge 😂. The Greedy Egyptian use of the river is 98%, Sudan 22% Ethiopia 0%. Go get you water from Israel. Stop crying like a bitch Egypt.
@@MostafaAhmed-eh1zi Ask the Nubians about that. You dislocated all those citizens and their historical assets.
hi just wanted to say that Egyptian people support the development and growth of our home continent Africa and more specifically our neighbours, Sudan and Ethiopia. one must, however, note that Egypt is 97% dessert not nearly as fertile as Ethiopia which is why the Nile is literally the source of life and can not be treated as another natural resource such as gold or diamonds.
I hope Ethiopian citizens understand the fear Egyptian citizens feel every day, tomorrow morning we may wake up with no water. yet it seems the trending hashtags aim for the death of Egypt and are requesting no compromises which in retrospect will kill us, this is the ONLY reason we are asking for a longer filling period
I'm just replying as while i have no right to tell anyone what to do i believe nobody has the right to take the lifeline of millions :)
Asmaa El Baz I get what ur saying but Ethiopia is saying we are not going to hurt anybody when we fill the dam. I’m Ethiopian and I don’t want one Egyptian person to die with drought but it’s not fair to tell Ethiopians not to use their own water. Let us use the water together
The water is massive enough to satisfy all needs unless “Greed” gets in the way. What about the other 9 African countries? . . .
@Mrs Hiruth
Egypt decided it was time for a new capital city so they begun construction of it without regard to Ethiopia's need for its own water. The billions they invested making a new play ground could have been invested into massive desalination; however, they don't see n Ethiopia's pain...
Egypt moves with the attitude of entitlement. Can you imagine Canada or Mexico telling the USA they couldn't build a dam on its land? Egypt has the Aswan dam. Ethiopia nor Sudan got involved. Egypt is in the wrong.
So Egypt has no water they have to respect main Land Uganda
That's main Land water now you know main Land feeds North what more if Uganda decides to divert waters within its Land only
@@shockadellick diffrence is if egypt build a dam that will not affect Ethiopia or Sudan but any country building anything in Nile will affect poor farmers in egypt.
@@shockadellick it's a river bro that water doesnt belong one country, blue Nile belongs egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia not Egypt, Sudan or Ethiopia alone. and electricity from dam will not save starving chilldren as much as the starving chilldrens that will be produced in egypt because of the dam and according agreement made in the past Egypt has right to veto any construction in Nile. Nile river is not any resource in Egypt. Nile is the egypt without Nile valley their no egypt in the world so by taking Nile you are not taking egypts resources you are taking part of egypt itself and also Egypt cannot militarily occupy Ethiopia but Egypt can definitely distroy dam.
And why should Egypt trust Ethiopia?
The moment Egypt built the Aswan dam on the Nile the ground they stood on sank. The Ethiopian lady is very correct in stating that the media is perpetuating the myth of Egypt's entitlement to the water.
Which is a British/Egypt Colonial agreement which Ethiopia does not recognise.
The western media currently pushing the old colonial agenda & they are still secretly beefing Ethiopia/Abbisinia cause they never managed to colonise us. We know the beef aint over.
This isn't a complicated issue. Egypt is particularly dependent on the Nile - as it has been since antiquity for both drinking water and agriculture. Any damming upstream is a potential existential threat. Climate change and desertification increases the potential threat. This would make any reasonable person downstream nervous.
Ethiopia should have pursued a multilateral agreement with Egypt and Sudan years ago regarding water supply management on the Blue Nile and downstream. It is a simple matter of international coalition building with partner countries in your own geographical region. There has been, however, a major deficit in diplomacy amongst African leaders for many decades now.
I really don't understand why so many people who live far from the banks of the Nile are so quick to take sides in this. Not helpful - at all.
@@maledatek1 This is also a gross oversimplification. It is long past time that Africans stop blaming all their problems on colonialism (with the exception of those particular instances of neocolonialism in la France Afrique, the diamond trade, and new Chinese involvement).
Those empires are long gone now. Time to grow up. Ethiopia, in particular (having never been colonized by European empires) really has no excuse. Most of Ethiopia's problems can be linked to interethnic conflict, a recent history of political corruption, and underdevelopment. Start there.
@@ems7623 What is a fair share then? Ethiopia having zero access to which it provides 85%? Egypt is now trying to play the negotiation game after decades of UNILATERLY stopping Ethiopia from building the dam either through protesting of outside investments or even bombing construction equipment enroute to ethiopia in 1976. Now after they have self funded the dam they are trying to act like the reasonable ones. Ethiopia wants to negotiate but wants to throw out colonial treaties that Egypt keeps citing and insist are valid (even though Ethiopia was never apart of it). It's very clear that Egypt wants to keep the status quo of the nile and this is far from existential threat. Do you know the largest aquifer in the world is under Egypt (Nubian Sandstone aquifer)? It has hundreds of years of the nile output (but you never hear anyone mention it) and besides that Egypt has access to the sea to desalinate. Maybe you should do your own research instead of parroting what you hear from MSM which skews the narrative for corporate interest. Media always portrays the poor egyptian farmer that can't tend his land but water is already disproportionally distributed to elites and corporations to export products like cotton. Here is a thought, maybe if you are in the middle of the desert don't export water-intensive crops. Egypt with a population of 100+ million while living on less than 5% of the land is already unsustainable. The egyptians government's solution to this is to use more nile water to make the desert more arable. Why does egypt get to grow at the expense of the other countries? Anyway the filling schedule is already agreed upon but egypt wants ethiopia to release water from its dam during a drought to compensate for the lower levels. Why does ethiopia need to do that when egypt has its own dam which has more than 2x the water the GERD could store and the artificial lake nasser?
imagine being so illitirate that your own politicans can't sort between aswan dam and GERD
Of course this channel is anti-Ethiopia, as it has demonstrated to be several times before.
actually aljazira got journalist jailed by sisi... they hate each other
malbung I’m so sick of all of the BIASED journalism/journalists who are driven by their own personal agenda as opposed to reporting facts. There will NEVER be peace on Earth.
They like it or Not, Ethiopia will built that DAM! 💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿
They might be bias, since it is a government owned media, but I didn’t see any bias here.
@@presidentoneday6634 might need to consider building your grammar first sir
Ethiopia for best
Making any moves along that dam by Egypt will piss off a lot of Africans they just don't know it yet
The France journalist aka clown is trying to subliminally push European colonial tactics on Egypt with that war rhetoric but Ethiopia is not a country for being bullied by any Arabs or their Anglo Saxon friends.
Morsi was on record discussing an attack on the dam during his brief tenure. What's with that? Egypt has a large population and the Nile is the top strategic interest that impacts its internal security and domestic politics. This is a serious issue.
That's it!!! We never afraid of any evil forces & we will never!!!!
If that's was true come how come they never conquered ethopia in the history !! Bro you dont know anything either Anglo saxons or Egyptians can do anything to ethopia as they have tried both couple times and failed miserably
@@prosl11 a third rate imperial power conquered Abyssinia. Please strop with this atrocious chest thumping. We should be better than that and rise above the barbarism that has defined humanity for so long.
The Egyptians have many options to get free water like desalination and unnecessary wasting of water from Nile
And diplomacy up and down the Nile to create a viable water management policy and plan could include those possibilities. Yet Ethiopia has not pursued diplomacy to resolve these tensions. I assume Egypt is sincere in having expressed interest in a diplomatic solution in the past. After all, alternatives to diplomacy are highly impractical and ineffective. So, why has the Ethiopian leadership failed to do this?
This should have been handled through diplomatic channels - perhaps the African Union, which is headquartered in Ethiopia.
i am an Egyptian and i sware i do not hate Ethiopia i may not live in Egypt at the moment but all my family is there yes they have started to fill the dam but nothing has affected us so far if we will benefit from this in the future then we are happy for this to happen do not dare look at us in a bad way as god will help both sides
When Mekdelawit Messay speaks I somehow recognize a Dutch accent. You are a major asset for the Ethiopians, keep up the good work👏👏
Nation have the right to use their natural resources end of story.
Stupid
@@samehseleim1470 how is that stupid ?
True, but nations shouldn't also starve each other.
Build it, don't starve us.
@@mohamedalaa4043 This can be life changing for all of us ,the dam supposed to supports 5 country, this is door opening ,water will still go to Egypt, it will be greatness, but there is this thing that the outsiders don't want Africa to grow ,we have, gas,gold,water,oil and more ,but yet looks at us we got nothing, this could be good benefit
the river is running to Egypt for the last 40 million year, it is THE ONLY natural resources for life for us, while you have 936 billion m3 of rains on your land every year, if you are using it wisely you wouldn't have threatened us to get quick money ... you will not be allowed to kill a 7000 yrs old nation just because you don't like them ... it is matter of time ... enjoy the ride
if war is the solution it's Ethiopian's cultural game.we die in honor🇪🇹
Yes bro I would rather die in feet than live in my knees🇪🇹🇪🇹✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿I'm with u
We all die with our dignity, Sovereignty #fillthedam✊🏿✊🏿
Nile is plenty of water, this is not about water but Egyptians wants to be superior on Ethiopia.
yes the nile is a ton of water, but for a nation of 100 million like egypt, it is barely sufficient.
@@kairon5249 that is why it goes to the ocean?😅
Brazilians, especially black ones will give full support to Ethiopia.
Selfishness and greed. Egypt and Northern Sudan need to be a shame 🧕
Support Ethiopia 🇮🇱❤🇪🇹
No one can stop the unstoppable. Long Live Ethiopia .
Ethiopia has the right to use its portion of the Nile water, however, it fits its citizen demand for development. What if the other nations wanted to use their portion of the Nile River for irrigations, will Egypt go to war with them? It's an international river. If Egypt wants more water, let them desalinate ocean water and add it to their reservoir
from Kenya, I hope Ethiopia fills the dam asap
😡😡😡
thanks man!
The discussion is not balanced including the attendants.
Of course it wasn't balanced especially the guy who represent the crisis group.Egypt needs to dig its ground water ASAP for back up.
trueeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
but she is z best
@@enochnig9257 funny how all of a sudden ethipoia builds a dam during egypt revolution like rats making a hole in another persons house you guys really risk war with us and think we will allow you control the water which we used for thousands of years and you can use also but you wana control it and dont care about filling it slowly you think your smart talking from your ass i cant wait until we destory that dam in 1 day.
ኢትዮጵያ የኦርቶድክ ሀገር ስለሆነች ምዕራብዊያን ያግዝናለሁ ብላቹህ ታስቡ ነበር። ተዋረዳቹህ። ኢትዮጵያ ባብዛኛው የሙስሊሞች ሀገር ናት። ለዚህ ነው ሙስሊሞች የሚረባረቡት።
Egypt can build more desalination plants on the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea.
They won't hear this at all and they prefer to spend all their money on purchasing weapons and show-up to the world how they are equipped. Not only desalination the mediterranean sea they have also a water under there soil which can serve them for the coming 100 year's.
@@shalomyoo We built so many desealination projects to overcome the decrease in water in the years in which Ethiopia will fill the dam's lake
We are not showing or threatening, your pm was the one who threatened to gather a million Ethiopians not us
@@hebamohamed2739 They took his speech out of context . He was answering to Egyptian threat of war and he also said its not in the interest of Ethiopia or Egypt to go to war
@Top Kek Then use your ground water. You are siting on the largest aquifer in Africa.
@@Landofthefree8 Answering to who??? The president never threatened nor the defense minister
If Egypt changes their agricultural practices from 4000BC to 21st century it would not make any difference to their water security if Ethiopia fills the dam in 6 months.
@Peter Raaft Well speaking like an idiot is your choice. The irrigation methods used along the Nile still rely on flood a lot on flood-irrigation which is exceedingly wasteful of water. If the change to drip or even sprinkler irrigation and other modern methods they could save 50-70% of the agricultural use of water.
Just look at how little water is used by Israel to produce vast amounts of food. Water shortages are inevitable as there are too many people for the water in North Africa. Egypt has a population bigger than Germany and they rely on one river. Not good.
God created the river, it is enough for all of us Africans
Mahi Afrika ማሂ አፍሪካ true god created it didn’t create the dam tho 🙄
@@HalawanyOfficial learn to share
@@HalawanyOfficial So should we take down the Aswan Dam?
Stop Arabic selfishness, Arabs and Caucasians have taken Africans for granted and exploited them for too long.This time it won't work. Africans are ready to support Ethiopia in a war against any selfish people.
Dub Lightyears tell me what country does the Aswan dam effect
for centuries they have used our nile, now its time for them to pay back
We are ready to help you. Loves from Tukrkey
@@yusufnarmanlioglu its egypts as an australian egypt will keep it final look at the facts
@Yara Zy just because the nile flows into egypt from ethiopia doesn't necessarily mean you own. Read and learn the facts before you scribble anything. Ethiopia owns the nile naturally. The Brits fooled you by promising you your share but you have been played. The Brits are not on your side now as they were during the colonial times. Wake up bro and stop dreaming and accept peacefully your share of the nile among your neighbors
From somalia . Egypt build dam no problem but when ethiopia build a dam there's a problem come on I go with ethiopia this one .
Egypt have one dam and sudan have many other dams but all of them doesn't block water form passing through is path.
Ethiopia also have many dams but this dam specifically is made to block near 100Billion meter of water that will starve our nation
on another hand Between the years 2000 and 2009 more than 200 notable dam failures happened worldwide, and ethiopia Built the dam just on its border with sudan, so if it fall it will be A Disaster to sudan and Egypt with no effect for ethiopia.
@@mohamedbalb3 Don't worry the dam will not fall down and also don't worry about our Sudanese brothers . Ethiopia won't harm Sudan and vice versa too. Just worried about you and your ppl before it's too late .Tic Tac Tic Tac ⏰
@@askme7620 listen brother, we have no problem with you building the dam as long as we can trust you to open the dam in time of need, otherwise Egypt has the capability to blow the dam and go to war but as the man said in the video we don't want to fight because we all are brothers and allies.
Simply This Ethiopian dam will block water from Egypt , but the Egyptian one does not do the same ... understood ?
Egypt will win
The irony is that Egypt wants the milk not the Cow .
Who said so? ... we are just giving a chance for the cow
if the cow insisted to keep the milk
we will take the milk and the cow
it is matter of time
@@egyptreturns Ha Ha Ha Ha . Good sense of humor you got.
egyptreturns. You ppl tried that a couple of times already and felled miserably. Google and educate yourself.
Ethio Boy
I don’t need google to educate, I know my history like my name,
A big difference to fight for some more land or for saving some tribes from your attacks ... and to fight for our existence
Also ... who told you we need to move a whole army to do what we want ...
We didn’t need our army to separate Eritrea 30 year ago ....
There is a lot of ways to do it .... boy
ENJOY THE RIDE 😉
egyptreturns. Bro....You playing with fire ha. Even crying to UN will not save you. Believe me.
sister Mekdelawit I am so proud of you!
No one will touch the capital of Africa(Ethiopia).
ethiopia !! I heard this name before 😅 I think that 😜
Freedom to oromia
but all African sleeping about Ethiopian dam! Even all Arab with Egyptian!
@@እስፉንተነፀርኩ first egypt is in africa you racist , second africa is not country
@@caelclos2291 it's not literal weirdo
If water is life be humble to get it