Egypt's Dam Problem: The Geopolitics of the Nile

I am glad that how much it rains in London is an acceptable measuring unit.

Ah yes, almost forgot that water wars are still on the menu...

Great video, I'm egyptian and I really hope the governments of Egypt and Ethiopia cooperate for a better future for the region

gotta respect sam's professionalism. he said 'kingdom of kush' without making a single joke. a legend.

Very well-done and interesting video. Unfortunately, the Nile situation doesn't seem like a problem where there's any easy solution which satisfies all parties.

I wrote a paper on this earlier this year and thought that more people should know about this, so I'm glad you made a video on it.

The problem with Egypt is that it tries to impose the Nile Agreement on nations that did not exist at the time. The Nile Agreement was between The British and Egypt. Kenya was British East Africa, Uganda was the Uganda Protectorate, Tanzania was British Tanganyika (and previously German East Africa alongside Rwanda and Burundi which were handed over to the Belgians just two years prior). None of those entities exist today and trying to impose the same conditions does not wash. No nation adheres to colonial era agreements made not by the locals but the colonial power, ever. And Ethiopia was BTW never a party to the Nile Agreement ,ever. Even though Ethiopia was an independent nation at the time. In the end, Egypt will either have to drop its stance on the Nile and negotiate with downstream nations or it will face a united downstream pact where Uganda, Ethiopia Kenya and Tanzania continue to draw on the sources of the Nile and end up signing a defence pact that even Egypt, as powerful as it is may not want to face. Also Egypt needs to look at what Israel has done and build giant desalination plants along its Mediterranean and Red Sea coasts and also recycle the water from sewer plants for things like watering gardens, washing cars and the likes, instead of relying on the Nile.

Ethiopia has filled the DAM twice with out reducing the normal flow of the river. Ethiopia has never intended to harm its neighbors. The final filling will be harmless.

1:51 HAI was gagging to make a “unde-NILE-able” joke here 😂

your videos scratch my brain in the best way

13:07 there is two important difference between the two situation : 1 populations : the population in Mauritania and sengal who live near the river is only about 5 million, while in Egypt 100 million people live near the nile. 2 Religion: Mauritania, Senegal, Mali, and Guinea all are majority Muslim countries, while in ethiopia the ruling elite and half of the population is Christian, wether it was Tygrian or Amharic.

To be honest, the fact that ethiopia is developing this much is one of the best things I heard all week

"Whiskey is for drinking, water is for fighting" Mark Twain

Wow, I just woke up at 5 AM, and a new video uploaded 2 mins ago showed up! Have a great day everyone! Cheers from Japan!

I am happy for Ethiopia's great progress. I hope it serves the people and the Region well.

this is how wars starts, smiling and shaking hands.

Wow, I didn’t know that Ethiopian economy makes such a progress. It would be great to see more videos on related subjects

3:37 Nile's flow was so strong that it made the Mediterranean an ocean

The video is pretty good, only missed one point, Ethiopia can generate same amount of electricity with 14 billion cubic meters reservoir, though they want 74 bn to make a water bank and sell water to Egypt (water like oil).

I think Ethiopia has the upper hand for one simple reason, It owns the sources of the water and It is now rich enough to manage the water for Its own needs. Sudan and Egypt have to accept this new reality that they no longer have the power over the Nile and they must treat Ethiopia better from here on out. Apart from ecological and social reasons in that millions of people would starve in Egypt and Sudan if Ethiopia stops the flow of the Nile, I think the other reason Ethiopia will still give water to Egypt and Sudan is because Ethiopia does not expect unnecessary conflicts with those countries. Which would cost a lot, destabilize the region and ultimately hinder its economic growth.