Twenty-first-century Egypt still confronts pharaoh-era East African geographic and climatic facts. By SETH J. FRANTZMAN . 0.

A war between East Africa's two most powerful nations would be a disaster for both, but especially for Sudan, which lies between them.In late January 2020, the Trump administration, acting as an "external mediator," tried to hammer out a "joint responsibility agreement" for managing drought crises.

Beating the Drums of War? 17 Jul 2020 17:35 GMT ... after Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi met Libyan tribesmen who urged Cairo to intervene in the war. Enriched in Sudan, the world's longest river rolls north through Egypt and into the Mediterranean.Regional politics add complexity.

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War in Libya: how did it start, who is involved and what happens next? Ethiopia signed the agreement, but the agreement also affects Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania, whose water feeds the White Nile. The Blue Nile River originates in Ethiopia's watered highlands. Egypt’s National Security Threat and the Nile Dispute. For decades, Egypt has threatened to go to war with Ethiopia over use of Nile waters. Published on Fri 26 Jun 2020 00.00 EDT. 3 minutes read. Ethiopia and Egypt are now engaged in a vicious struggle over Nile River water rights.

On Saturday, the Egyptian general-turned-president warned that if pro-GNA forces advanced on the strategic city of Sirte — some 450 kilometers (280 miles) east of Tripoli  — Sisi said attacking Sirte or the Al-Jufra airbase would be tantamount to crossing a “red line” and cited defending Egypt’s western border as grounds for “direct intervention.”The stalemated offensive on Tripoli by Sisi’s ally Haftar crumbled after Turkey threw its military weight behind the GNA.With Ankara’s support, the GNA has scored a series of military victories and vowed to move further to retake the coastal city of Sirte, a gateway to Libya’s key oil export ports.Sisi’s declaration was backed by the speaker of Libya’s eastern-based parliament But it drew the ire of the GNA, which denounced it as a “declaration of war.”Analysts have dismissed the possibility of an all-out war between Egyptian and “It is highly unlikely that Egypt will enter a direct war in Libya,” said Neither Egypt nor its Arab allies have “the illusion that they are going to roll back the GNA into Tripoli. ... UAE, and Egypt on the other. Just ask the Egyptians. In less colorful words, securing water is worth going to war for.If the opening epigram strikes you as cliche Hollywood western dialogue, then there is a good chance you've never suffered from thirst with a sandpaper throat, been a farmer watching crops wither or scratched it out as a pastoralist (a fancy term for animal herder anywhere in any era, Mesopotamia to Oklahoma), watching sheep, cattle or goats die from lack of H2O.Human survival, individual and societal, requires water. On May 11, Egypt submits a 17-page letter to the United Nations Security Council protesting Ethiopia’s actions and demanding that it halt construction until an agreement is reached.

Egypt gets 80 to 90 percent of its annual water needs from the Nile. “It is highly unlikely that Egypt will enter a direct war in Libya,” said Hassan Nafaa, political science professor at Cairo University. It's an existential threat far greater than the COVID-19/Wuhan pandemic or a border war. At least 7,000 years of life on the Nile has proven the adage "Egypt is the Nile" to be true. Could Egypt and Turkey be headed for war in Libya? During a 2013 regional trip, then-President Barack Obama deplored sub-Saharan Africa's lack of electrical generation capacity.

In less colorful words, securing water is worth going to war for. Egypt – Ethiopia 2020: Will the grand GERD dam trigger a war between Egypt and Ethiopia? Photo source: Flickr/ Marc Veraart. Rwanda and Burundi also support the Entebbe agreement.So Ethiopia built the GERD, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. ... Egypt…

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