Since the beginning of this conflict, the nile basin has been characterized by unilateral development of water related infrastructure and selfinterest, which has. Evaluate the strategies that have been adopted to meet these demands. Egypt already overdraws on its water allocation but is still extremely water scarce. The nile, though probably the longest river on the planet, moves only limited amounts of water. Wendy barnaby was asked to write a book about water wars then the facts got in the way of her story. Take notes and look out for any information on usamexico or on the river nile. Why ethiopia, egypt, and sudan should ditch a rushed. The nile river basin is one of the river basins supporting human life since. From conflict to cooperation in the nile basin the web site cannot. Nile is worlds longest river 4,415 miles nile basin is larger than india, 10. The nile river has been the source of life and of conflict in the nile. Assessment of conflict risk in the ethiopian nile basin needs to be able to take into. It shows that the realist concepts of power and hegemony are pertinent analytical tools to explain the cold water conflict occurring in the basin characterised by an inequitable share of the nile flows in favour of egypt and sudan, at the expense of. Egypt and sudan in talks to defuse tensions over ethiopian.
Water bankruptcy in the mighty nile river basin springerlink. Impacts on egypt water resources management and road map research pdf available august 2015 with 10,536 reads how we measure reads. Water and conflict over water are very important problems for middle eastern countries. Downriver egypt and sudan argue that they have historic rights to the water upon which they absolutely dependand in 1979 egyptian president anwar sadat threatened war on violators of what he saw as his countrys rights to. In the wake of his controversial peace plan for resolving the israelipalestinian conflict. Ethiopias plans to build africas largest hydroelectric dam on the nile have sparked tensions with egypt, which depends on the river to irrigate.
The nile flows through 11 african nations and serves as key source of freshwater but sharing this resource is politically tricky. The nile, shared by 10 river basin countries, is the main vital water artery in the north. Unfortunately, this book does not help greatly in understanding or solving problems related to water. Sharing the nile egypt, ethiopia and the geopolitics of water. Egypt has denied other countries complete access to the water, ethiopia claims that no one can stop them.
As ethiopia prepares to operationalize the dam and divert nile waters to fill its massive reservoir, the international dispute over the river has. The nile basin initiative nbi, founded by 9 out of 10 riparian countries in 1999 with backing from major donor institutions, has achieved some successes in its attempts to strengthen cooperation. A tenth of egypts electricity generation capacity comes from the aswan dam alone. Try searching on jstor for other items related to this book. On the river nile, a move to avert a conflict over water yale e360. This book, after setting out basin level legal and policy successes and failures of managing and sharin. Dispute over water in the nile basin the nile basin features significant conflict over access to and rights over the nile water resources among its eleven riparian countries. Examine the competing demands for water in a specific river basin covering two or more countries. Calculating israeli and palestinian entitlements to west bank aquifers and the jordan river basin, middle east. It has historically asserted that having a stable flow of the nile waters is a matter of survival in a country where water is scarce.
This book, after setting out basinlevel legal and policy successes and failures of. Buy the grand ethiopian renaissance dam and the nile basin. The nile is widely regarded as the longest river in the world and has played a crucial role in. The nile basin initiative nbi is a partnership among the nile riparian states that seeks to develop the river in a cooperative manner, share substantial socioeconomic benefits, and promote regional peace and security. Power asymmetry and conflict over water resources in the. Drawing on decades of experience in the horn of africa, seifulaziz milas reveals the political nature of the great river, recounting the history of disputes over its. Browse the amazon editors picks for the best books of 2019, featuring our. The grand ethiopian renaissance dam and the nile basin. The nile river basin water crisis related to hydropolitical, socioeconomy, water conflict, water rights, water management, drought and scarcity. Written by scholars trained in economics and law, and with significant experience in african political economy, this book explores new ways to deal with conflict over the allocation of the waters. Egypts extreme reliance on the nile for its electricity, water and food security is the major source of conflict in the river basin. Dispute over water in the nile basin ecc platform library.
The regions demographic and economic growth and the need to. Whether or not there were such plans in 2012, there is a long history of threats and conflicts in the nile river basin. Egypt and sudan have been concerned about the risks to their own water supplies since 2011, when ethiopia began construction on the blue nile, one of two major nile. It was formally launched in february 1999 by the water ministers of 9 countries that share the river egypt, sudan, ethiopia, uganda, kenya, tanzania, burundi, rwanda. In response to runaway population growth in the nile basin, the reality and perils of desertification and the frequent cycles of drought, human demand on nile water resources has intensified in recent years. Potential for conflict and cooperation in the face of.