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Ethiopia decided to build the Gilgel Gibe III Dam on the Omo River to provide hydropower electricity to Ethiopia as well as Egypt, Sudan, Djibouti, Kenya, Uganda and Yemen. Considering rising temperatures, desertification and because the Omo is the main water source for several Ethiopian and Kenyan tribes, the dam could potentially cause ...
Ethiopia's move to fill the dam's reservoir could reduce Nile flows by as much as 25% and devastate Egyptian farmlands. [1]Water conflict typically refers to violence or disputes associated with access to, or control of, water resources, or the use of water or water systems as weapons or casualties of conflicts.
At least 130 people have died in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia following heavy rains that triggered what aid agencies described as flooding seen only once every 100 years. The National Disaster ...
Since the early 1990s, Ethiopia has successfully countered Egyptian and Sudanese resistance to water development projects in Ethiopia to increase irrigation and hydroelectric potential. [14] Since May 2010, Ethiopia and the other upper riparian states have launched the Nile Basin Cooperative Framework Agreement in a bid to ensure an equitable ...
"Humanitarian Catastrophe and Regional Armed Conflict Brewing in the Transborder Region of Ethiopia, Kenya, and South Sudan: The Proposed Gibe III Dam in Ethiopia" analyzes the full scale of impacts of the dam and charges that no environmental or social review of the full cross-border impact area has been carried out by the Ethiopian government ...
The Mandera triangle is a geographical region in Eastern Africa where the countries of Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia meet. [1] The tri-border region is centered on the city of Mandera in Mandera County and corresponds with the Juba and Shabelle river basins. [2] [3] The residents of the area are mainly ethnic Somalis. [4]
The Moyale clashes were a series of ethnic clashes between Borana and Garre communities in July 2012 in the area of Moyale, Ethiopia, on the border with Kenya.The fighting appeared to be caused by a long-standing dispute over land possession, [1] exacerbated by recent drought conditions.
Between 1989 and 2011 alone, there were conflicts between Nyangatom, Daasanach and Turkana caused 600 direct people deaths. [7] [8] The Ethiopia–Kenya border was first identified by the United Kingdom 1907. In 1947, it was redefined and demarcated in 1950s, which finally approved in 1970 by now independent Kenya and Ethiopia. [9]