Egypt and Ethiopia at odds over Nile dam
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Egypt says Ethiopia has “summarily rejected” its plan for operating the $4 billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) that Ethiopia
is building on the Blue Nile
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GERD: Both sides agree that first of five phases for filling dam reservoir should take two years, after which hydropower turbines would become operational
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Cairo
CHAD
CENTRAL AFRICAN REP.
EGYPT 
SUDAN
IRAQ
Aswan High Dam
ERITREA 
YEMEN
Blue Nile
Addis 
Ababa
ETHIOPIA 
KENYA
UGANDA
DEM. REP. OF CONGO
RWANDA 
BURUNDI
INDIAN OCEAN
Khartoum
White Nile
SOUTH SUDAN
Nile
TANZANIA
Nile River 
basin
SAUDI ARABIA
SOMALIA

500km 310 miles
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ETHIOPIA: Rejects Egyptian proposal to extend two-year period if first phase coincides with extreme drought on Blue Nile. Suggests minimum annual release of 35 billion cubic metres (bcm) of water from dam after first phase is complete
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EGYPT: Says that if no concession over two-year period is made, it risks losing more than one million jobs and $1.8 billion in economic output annually, as well as electricity valued at $300 million. Requires minimum annual release of 40bcm
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Sources: Reuters, Stratfor     © GRAPHIC NEWS