Ethiopian Prime Minister Abi Ahmed stood proudly in front of an electronic screen.
pressing a series of buttons in a semi-cinematic simulation of what may appear
at first glance, was launching a space flight to Mars. Before it became clear that my father
Ahmed wants to announce the start of operation of the first turbine to generate electricity in the
of the Renaissance. After the total construction work of the dam reached more than
eighty percent. Before Abi Ahmed exploded with joy to announce that the project,
when it will generate five thousand megawatts of electricity. That is double what
Ethiopia out of energy currently. But the joy here was anger and wrath,
Egypt produces. Which immediately denounced what it saw as a violation of an agreement signed between
two countries in the two thousand and fifteen. And a continuation of the unilateral measures of
Ethiopia. After a previous start unilaterally in the first and second phases.
from filling the huge Renaissance Dam built on the Blue Nile. The main source
of Nile water that passes through Sudan and Egypt. Which is probably not
to them the sweet words of Abi Ahmed and his blessing to Egypt and Sudan
electricity that the Ethiopian leader claimed is owned by Cairo and Khartoum. Also
without stopping the flow of water from them. Despite the belief of the two Arab countries that
the dam, which cost more than four billion dollars. It will reduce the water
, and it will not stop before it causes the two countries to thirst. It seems that this is not only
Sudanese and Egyptian concerns. Indeed, facts warned Britain before dozens of
years. According to recently leaked documents, they included a verbatim sentence.
had the Ethiopians owned a wealth that would enable them to implement their ideas regarding the Nile
, so God bless Egypt. What is the story of the British documents? Sixty years ago,
, it seemed that the British were reading the fortunes of the conflict over the waters of the Nile.
between Ethiopia on the one hand and Egypt and Sudan on the other. As
leaked official British documents revealed with amazing accuracy. Ethiopia
when it will one day complete the construction of a dam that blocks the waters of the Nile from Egypt, it will block more
of seventy-four billion cubic meters of water. This means that according to
the documents prepared by Britain in the early sixties, the Ethiopians would set
in a situation that needs divine help to confront it, the story of the documents dates back to
British in the year one thousand nine hundred and sixty-one. When she observed
and Britain are negotiating between Egypt, Sudan and East African countries, with a view to
reaching a common formula for dealing with the waters of the Nile. With Egypt's lack of clarity
The policy of the Egyptian President Abdel Nasser at the time cost the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
in Cairo to contact the Egyptians to get to know the
their policy in dealing with the Nile water problem. Before
Britain, to the conclusion that the Egyptian behavior towards Ethiopia is
the reign of Emperor Haile Selassie was rather ambiguous. It also dealt with
documents, technical assessments of the issue of Ethiopia's ability to withhold water from
Egypt. Although the Egyptian position at the time was adherent to a vision that says that
even if the Ethiopians had unlimited money. They cannot seize
more than one to thirteen waters of the Blue Nile. This means that
, Ethiopia, will not be able to harm Egypt, no matter what it does. Especially since, according
expectations of the Egyptians would never have any wealth that would enable them to implement any plan,
with the Nile River. In light of secret expectations that Abdel Nasser believed in, the
the Ethiopian state will disintegrate after the death of Haile Selassie, Emperor of
, while the British technical opinion was different, as the British embassy confirmed
to the report, Egypt was incomprehensiblely adopting the method of angering Ethiopia
that has long been planning to divert the waters of the Blue Nile
, which originates from Lake Tana in Ethiopia far from the course of the Nile. As
The British report warned at the time of very dire consequences. Ethiopia 's underestimation
Egyptians, the ability of the Ethiopians to reserve the waters of the Nile for him. The report
Britons. He also concluded that if the Ethiopians had a wealth comparable to the
, any time their thoughts about the Nile, God is with Egypt's help. And after fifty
a year of warning from the British, the Ethiopians managed to manage about five
billions of dollars were built for the construction of the Renaissance Dam. Which will reduce Egypt's current share of the one
water dam amounting to fifty-five-separate five billion cubic meters annually. Just as
towards Sudan, the level of water flowing towards Sudan will decrease. Especially with the decision
Ethiopia has closed three of the four diversion branches
Sudan? What caused a disturbance in the pumping stations of water directed to the Saki
and for the drinking water network. And you, in your opinion, did you underestimate Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia,
Until the two Arab countries became hostage to the strategic water weapon.