The United Nations Security Council has discussed the controversial mega-dam project that Ethiopia is building on the Nile River.
Egypt and Sudan say the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) limits access to fresh water.
But Ethiopia says the UN is not the place to address such concerns.
Al Jazeera’s diplomatic editor James Bays reports from the UN.
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Egypt has no legal and political right to control what Ethiopia opt to do. Whether it is a draught or other natural phenomenon has nothing to do with Ethiopia. There is no substantial reason to negotiate with Egypt and Sudan to use our dam as their reservoir. Egypt is requesting a favor not justice, because she is presently consuming more than 70% of the Nile water. Is it justice or a fair share? What Egypt is trying to do is coercing Ethiopia to accept her nonsense historical right. Egypt need to learn a fair share of the Nile or stop negotiating. Egypt may think it is a high time to force Ethiopia to sign the 1959 colonial agreement in its newest version. Dream it! I am the ardent opponent of the present government , hen it comes to Nile , nonetheless, we stand together as a rock!! Egypt needs to learn for her 1875 and 1876 defeat at Gundet and Gura respectively.
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Shameless Egypt
Isnt egypt being eccentric?
For millenia the egyptians have enjoyed the free waters of the Nile at the expense of other riparian states . These waters are dear to all the nations that lie along the way. Egyptians’ succesive Govts took it for granted that the Nile will always be there to quench their ever burgeoning thirst. Their leaders should have taken cognizance of this present scenario and built water desalination plants on the banks of red sea and the med sea rather than squandering the wealth on arms and a huge army! When the GERD was mooted and taking shape the Egyptians were slumbering now they expect Ethiopia to relent having pumped in billions of dollars. Strange Egyptians!
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“will there be consequences that you will consider military actions”
he reminded me the dude who was set against everyone in our class. lol
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We will build the Dam, like Egypt and Sudan did and if they come to fight they will definitely loose, What a Dummy and fool thinking, Ethiopia may be poor but we defiantly are not week. So back off you corrupt selfish snakes. Here comese the new power of the East African countries.
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It’s enough to all three countries. That’s our problem African 🤔
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Ethiopia is building the Dam to get a hydro electric power for 65 million people living in dark the last 3000 years ,but the same time the dam not to hold gallion of water ,the three country work together for win win environment.
Like it or not GERD is a reality . you need water we need electricity accept it and live wit it. Egypt you are not the source but the recipient so deal with it.
I’ve never seen UNSC used outside besides halo hopefully they’ll work together in the future and create the UNSC infinity
Ashamed for AJ . Now a day , information is very accessible for everyone. But the world is watching you are reporting on irresponsible ways . That is why nobody trusted AJ.
Egyptian Government always told Ethiopians many times that can your Economy handles War with us at this time?”well let me tell you this the people financed a 5B$ dam teaching a barking dog with another 10B$ won’t be difficult for us!instead find a better water share for the Ethiopians and continue the flow to your End and quench your thirst!since Ethiopia 🇪🇹 contributes more water than the two of you!
ኢትዮጵያ ታሸንፋለች።Ethiopia prevail
Bomb the dam
Really 🤣🤣🤣u have to pray for ur existence rather than thinking about blowing the dam, because it’s late to talk about it bro, u have to negotiate and make peace with us it’s the best option for u guys, u have to consider it
@yaphet haile when we bomb it then u will get
@Sinclair Fresh It’s ur dream 🤣🤣
@yaphet haile maybe u don’t understand the level of problem it is
I think it’s really important to study Ethiopia’s history before doing anything stupid. There is a reason we have never been colonized even back then when every African country did. Why do you think it will happen now? GERD is literally our blood and sweat and trust me, all of us have to die before we stop filling it.
Tell your people that your government officials failed to deliver reasonable fact/information regarding the GERD and the Abay river fair sharing arguments! It’s clear that the Egypt govt is lying for Egyptians period!
Sudan dam 15 km from Ethiopia border so we will add another flood to deatro them if they succes to reach the dam for attack
we will see more let GOD GIVE AS time
Sucking a life out of a black African country is Not your Right. you’re not even an African Egypt is nothing with out the the rain of Black Africa highlands kusu umek.
Some of these journalist questions are like fantasy questions provoking war between these countries. No country would come out positive with a war. Sudan will be the greatest victim as Ethiopia would definitely use ground forces to mitigate any air strikes from Egypt or Sudan. Egypt’s fear is about threat to their life. Ethiopians have not lived yet with 60% without electricity. They have nothing to lose if war is the solution.
What a diplomatic fail for Egypt and Sudan!
Al jazeera Should stop reporting on Ethiopia We don’t want anything good or bad reported about us on al qaeda media.
Really 🤣🤣? Algezera tells the truth, it’s not like ur fool government
It’s my dam
Please Hand Off Ethiopia 🇪🇹 western countries and America
What Do You Mean Its a Right Of Egypt Citizen, God Give As the Right Who Give it to you?
It’s my dam !!! We ethiopian are ready for any things
Always talking about a military measure that Egypt can take ,not so many journalists asked about the consequences ! If Egypt attack the dam ,the water was started from Ethiopia and still remains in Ethiopia,the attack couldn’t change the course of the water in reverse direction let’s say from Egypt to Ethiopia😆😆😜 ..that means Ethiopia in retaliation will and can do so many unimaginable things on her own water!!!
U think military will solve ….that will give u such another monster 👹…we stand with Ethiopia 🇪🇹
We are not like u but we love neighbor country Sudan and Egypt because of we trust God ….
… Do not go to UN …
This channel is stupid because of its view points
Ethiopia should start the second dam soon . its a god given natural resources for Ethiopia in its soil . Egypt should stop talking and start paying for each litter of water goes in the down stream.
It’s our Gerd!! Fill the dam Ethiopian
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Every country has the right to use the river. Ethiopian be ready to defend your dam. They are coming
Inspite of enjoying and naming itself as ‘children of Nile river,’ Egypt believes in skin color, running to US, Europe, and Arab league for solution. Be grateful and come to AU with repect. Encourage and cooperate with PM Abiy’s 20 billion tree planting plan for bringing extra rain in to Nile. Start thinking out of the box.
Egypt 🇪🇬 better solves the problem with Ethiopian people, not others!!!
We are connected from history to history 🏰 so I do have a good friend from Egypt 🇪🇬 , Sudan 🇸🇸 🇸🇩 We smoke shisha and eat together, So it’s a shame when brother and sisters, are fighting for water 💦.
solve the problem with the Ethiopian and Sudan not foreign.
Thanks, Miss LG
Egypt always disrespect the role of African Union.
Despite this Ethiopia firmly believes the role of African Union to resolve African issues.
GERD is issue of survival for Ethiopians!!!
Nile is generated from Ethiopia about 87% but egypt 0.0000000000%
ETH. Electricity 46%but egypt 100% assume Ethiopia is built its dam for survive but egypt fo recreation
Please judge for this
Aman Pm Ethiopia No .
Aman Alemyhou better than Abiy Ahmed Ali
they don’t have any other option.. the decision is great..
Aljezira is a an Arab and colonial centric puppet to the Arabs and west news agency. Ethiopia will prevale as always !
Rip Ethiopia
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Abay (Niles) river is inside Africa no Arab league or EU business if Egypt are believed they African should respect African union Africa children enough to solve on problems Africa for African we don’t need baby sisters Egypt stop worship western
Ethiopia is fake lead by fake PM
U are mistaken Ethiopia isn’t fake and never be so the problem is in ur mind
Abiy is the best man very
Ethiopia the best
they are not Ethiopian they are amhara first group.
My dam is Ethiopia
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why americans are make problem every wher and they never win .one thing where ever they go they leave inocent people in hunger
This Samy Shukry is clearly uneducated a devil man😡
Everyone in ethiopia can predict this kind of statements from Sudan and Egypt. I wish you’re based-on the truth? IM not going to explain what our govt intentions coz we , us a people stand with our elected leaders… we don’t want to harm anyone. But, we are asking to feed our self!! for once, without western influence.
If you’re smart just a little bit.. ?? you will understand that Africa have to standup☝🏿If you can’t,please don’t be obstacle… keep your negativity for your self !!coz you not trying to make it better but youre still fixed on the problem that your colonizers gave us on the first place!!
Let start to use the simplest thing our land can offers, stand together to make our nation for better life without hanger!! That should be our goals but we’re tackling one anther not to succeed.
I’m one of resident in Addis and citizen of Ethiopia, stands for one Ethiopia and one hunger free Africa 🤨🤨. .. one love like Bob Marly Said..
Please see the big pectures? When we stund like one!!!
Did you ever ask your self when any country from Africa try to stand out… their will come a news that will say ” one of African dictator govt desplace 1000 residence to build Damm… We all listen this kind of stories from I think they were respected mideas.. But,how many of us still belive they stand for the truth???
One love 🖤
Egypt 🇪🇬 will take our head off before we sign the binding agreement. There is no way we give our sovereign rights now, which we never did in our history. Egypt tired to conquer a Ethiopia 17 times and shamefully taught a lesson and sent back to their desert. It won’t be different at this time or in future. We’re born to fight and protect our sovereignty at any cost.
I SWEAR TO GOD, EGYPT’S THREATS WILL DAMAGE EGYPT ITSELF TO ASH. THEIR COLONIST & MONOPOLISTIC MENTALITY IS VERY CONSEQUENTIAL. THEIR SELFISHNESS MAY LEAD THEM EVENTUALLY, NOT TO GET A DROP OF WATER FROM THE NILE.
ETHIOPIANS ARE HIGHLY DETERMINED TO PAY WHATEVER COST IT REQUIRED FOR THE DAM THEY’VE CONSTRUCTED WITH THEIR OWN BLOOD, SWEAT, TEARS & MONEY.
JUSTICE WILL PREVAIL!
We are being racially profiled in New York City because of the progress that African countries are making and fir taking back our natural resources. Keep on moving. Be vigilant, the struggle continues!
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The Dam will be god-sent for the hundreds of millions of Africans, living in the darkness. The electricity from the Dam will usher a new era of prosperity, as it is vital for development. The Dam won’t consume any water and Egyptians needn’t worry. They better tap the massive Nubian Sandstone Aquifer to fill in the void and furnish water to the Saudis. Libya has proven its vitality and viability. Elton Musk will be ecstatic at helping Egypt in utilizing this massive bounty
Fake media. Gerd will be field no matter what
EGYPT and ETHIOPIA are brothers. They are both HAMITIC countries. They need to negotiate between themselves and not the EU. They need to discuss it between themselves. ETHIOPIA has no OCEAN. I am from SOMALIA. And we have the Indian Ocean. But Ethiopia is Landlocked. The DAM will turn ETHIOPIA into a ECONOMIC powerhouse surpassing EGYPT. EGYPT needs to be more Worried about SAUDI arabia controlling them. Thats a bigger problem. They own EGYPT.
Tigrai, Orromo, Benshagul, Sudan and Egypt should work together to advance their common interests. If Ethiopia for regained its pre-Nov 4th status she will start harming innocent people left and right. Working together will minimize the lost of innocence life and maximize the ungluing of Ethiopia.
The bully the sabotage the war or you missiles are not gonna save you! Playing by human and African rule may help you! you will not be able to bamboozle out of this one! The water you are amassing in Bardawil and all the lakes including the ones Egypt is selling is a water that we are sending to sustain you not the other way around! The terrorist you are sending, the meddling or any military action can turn your lakes to death sea overnight? You should not play games on this again as Ethiopians determined never to live in this situation ever again! Our water our dams!!!
The fact that Egypt went on and involved the Arab league in this African matter it speaks volume of how they view black people. Arabs might have managed to take over North Africa but that didn’t guarantee them that they will rule over Africa. The Nile is within African borders and the only people who are suppose to speak about the River is Africans only any one else this is non of your business.
It’s because almost all Arab countries have leased farmland in Sudan close to the Ethiopian border. The devil is in the details!
If you don’t know us (Ethiopians) you’ll need to read our history. We will die fighting for our country.. go ahead and keep testing us, we will retaliate and fight you till our last drop of blood. God bless Ethiopia, and Ethiopians!!! 🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹
All black African should be against these Egyptians.
The solution is to get the Sudanese land on which the dam is built back
Ägypt Pleas take action. Ägypt and Sudan 🇸🇩. 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾❤️❤️❤️
These same people were against the dam for the first 6 years of its construction. A bunch of hypocrites.
It is only the Tigrians, the Oromos, the Somalies etc in diaspora contributed funds for the dam.
Yeah if Ethiopia wake up that also Africa wake up
Proud of you
Big support to Ethiopia🇪🇹 from Ghana 🇬🇭
Tnxs we also love and respect gana our brothers viva africa
Egypt going to the Arab League, UN and America vaguley reminds me of an Ethiopian minister once boldly stating at an OAU meeting in Addis Ababa, _”Africa is not for Sale!”_
_- Does anyone remember who made this statement?_ Thank you!
Aklilu Habte-Wold or Endelkachew Makonnen?
My hero’ we prude of you ETHIOPIA 🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹💚💛❤🍾🍾🍾🍾
If the source of Abay(Blue Nile)
Flows from Egypt & contributed
86% like Ethiopia they don’t give
US 1 bottle of water. When we
Contributes 0% like Egypt it’s
So sad tryed to Opposed GERD.
GERD is not the Buisness of
The Arab league
Egypt is not scaring anyone. They treat foreigners like garbage in thier home and their demanding things? Ethiopia doesn’t have to do anything they don’t want to
EG AND SUD, time to end your colonization thoughts
Shame on you Sudan. Egypt is using Sudan. Sudanese people you better wake up.
Linda Thomas, just b/se the love affair with terror group TPLF she is wagging war at the Horn of Africa. Immoral, unacceptable. Completely buying the fake report and shut down the Ethiopian side. Misguiding the administration, senate and congress knowing TPLF is the mother of chaos. Remember water flow down stream NOT up !!
1:03 british again putin oil to fire. be carefull people because the west will provocate war because the make huge money out of it.
Egypt and Sudan will never fall on my beloved Ethiopia through lies and myths. Her God and true people are always with us. Ethiopia will win !!
The GERD by any means isnt existential threat for Egyp and Sudan.
Smart and sweet speech D.R Engineer silash🇪🇹👍💪
It’s my Dam 🇪🇹
Yeah Its known Aljezira only support Sudan and Egypt….ETHIOPIA ONLY support by GOD with His MOTHER MARRY,we must remember We are Not colonized in Any country even if Italy…😀😀😀😀😀
no connection between state of Ethiopia and Mary… Mary is irrelevant in Ethiopia State politics