Ethiopia under the leadership of Abi Ahmed does not give any consideration to the neighbourly relations and the safety of the citizens of Sudan and Egypt
إثيوبيا بقيادة أبي أحمد لا تولي أي اعتبار لعلاقاتالجوار وسلامة مواطني السودان ومصر.
Written by Mahmoud A. Suleiman
The European Union criticizes Ethiopia for the second filling of the Renaissance Dam while Sudan prepares for possible floods
الاتحاد الأوروبى ينتقد قيام إ ئيوبيا بالملئ الثانى لسد النهضة فيما السودان يستعد لفياضانات محتملة
This article comes against the backdrop of the arrogance of the Ethiopian ruling regime, led by the Nobel Peace Prize winner Abi Ahmed, for its stubborn decision of the Second Filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) without giving consideration to the safety of the citizens of Sudan and Egypt, who will be affected by the expected devastating floods, especially Sudan is now suffering from the scourge of torrential rains.
As we know that the News Surfaced indicating that the European Union (EU) has criticized Ethiopia for the Second Filling of the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)while Sudan prepares for the worse of possible floodsdevastation.
The European Union criticizes Ethiopia for the second filling of the Renaissance Dam, while Sudan prepares for possible floods
Ethiopia should not think that the international community and world are oblivious of the serious criminal acts it is committing against neighbouring countries through the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) which is a Time bomb that will destroy the peoples of Sudan and Egypt.About that criminal act Ethiopia has arrogantly revealed on July 20 2021 that it had completed the second filling of the controversial Renaissance Dam without concluding an agreement with the downstream countries regarding filling and operating the dam. Understandably, Sudan and Egypt denounced the move.
The European Union (EU) expressed its regret over Ethiopia’s announcement that the second filling of the Renaissance Dam had been completed without a prior agreement with the downstream countries Egypt and Sudan, while Ethiopia launched a new platform to urge its citizens abroad to donate to complete the construction of the dam, while Sudan began preparing for the possibility of floods due to the rising water level of the Nile.
The European Union (EU) described the process of the second filling of the Renaissance Dam – which Egypt and Sudan rejected – as a unilateral step that does not help in finding a negotiated solution to the crisis, and the Union’s spokesman in the Middle East and North Africa, Luis Miguel Bueno, called for the resumption of negotiations on the Renaissance Dam as soon as possible, according to an agreed time frame; given the fact that there is an agreed upon roadmap.
Now that the foregoing statement is the fate accompli, the world people are in a position to learn about the characteristics of the second filling of the Renaissance Dam, after the shock waves of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and will the Renaissance Dam change the index of Egyptian diplomacy? Those are the legitimate questions awaiting answers. A National security expert has asked as to whether the reasons for the permanent member in theUnited Nations Security Council (UNSC) China’s support for the Ethiopian position on the Renaissance Dam issuegiving assurances to Abe Ahmed, the Nobel Prize Winner,aka Nobel Laureate to feel protected leading to his untoward action against its neighbours. The untoward behaviour of the Ethiopian Prime Minister Abi Ahmed is similar to the President of Sri Lanka, Aung SAN Suu Kyi who is also a Nobel Prize winner, as the two have been afflicted by the curse of the Nobel Prize or an omen for their misconduct!However, at the time of Abe Ahmed’s Nobel Prize Winning, the media stated the following: “The Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed has won the Nobel Peace Prize. The Nobel committee said the 43-year-old leader won the prestigious accolade because of “his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation, and in particular, for his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighboring Eritrea”. https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/ethiopia-s-premier-receives-nobel-peace-prize-in-oslo/1669657
Since Mr Ahmed became Ethiopian Prime Minister in April 2018, he has focused his efforts on repairing relations with Eritrea. In addition, he played a pivotal role in mediating in a political crisis between Sudan and South Sudan. The UN Secretary-General said M. Ahmed, “has set a wonderful example for others in and beyond Africa looking to overcome resistance from the past and put people first”https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1910/191014-ethiopia-leader.html
Bueno added that the European Union continues to call on the parties to resume negotiations, stressing its support as an observer of these negotiations.
On July 20, Ethiopia revealed the completion of the second mobilization of the controversial Renaissance Dam without concluding an agreement with the downstream countries regarding filling and operating the dam, and Sudan denounced the move; He considered it an insistence by Ethiopia to continue imposing a fait accompli with regard to the dam file, and called on both Khartoum and Cairo and Addis Ababa to return to negotiations to complete a binding agreement on the dam.
In a related context, Ethiopia announced – yesterday, Saturday – the launch of a new platform called “Sadi” to urge citizens in the diaspora to donate and contribute to financing and supporting the completion of the construction of the Renaissance Dam, which is the largest in Africa, and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said that the platform’s goal is to empower Ethiopians around the world to make their contributions to the Renaissance Dam.
More water
In Sudan, Al-Jazeera correspondent reported an increase in the gradual discharge rate of the Roseires Dam lake (southeast of the country) after the increase in the amount of water coming from the Ethiopian plateau, and the dam administration was quoted as saying that the level of water incoming from Ethiopia has become in the normal range during the rainy and flood season.
The administration stated that the dam operates according to the normal engineering method, including the procedures for opening and closing its gates during this time each year.
The amount of water received from Ethiopia today, Saturday, amounted to more than 270 million cubic meters, while yesterday, Friday, it was recorded 209 million cubic meters, according to the readings of the El-Dim station at the Sudanese-Ethiopian border.
The Fall and Flood Emergency Room in Meroe Governorate (northern Sudan) announced that the administration of the Meroe Dam – which is about 400 km north of Khartoum – reported the arrival of unexpected quantities of Blue Nile water, which prompted the opening of two gates in the dam to drain the water.
Calculate the flood
Yesterday, the Sudanese authorities declared a state of emergency in the dam area in anticipation of a flood, after the arrival of large quantities of water above the expected reach of the dam lake; days after Ethiopia announced the completion of the second filling of the Renaissance Dam.
Ibrahim Mohamed Saleh, assistant director of the “Merowe” dam, said that the dam administration sent a warning bulletin to citizens on the banks of the Nile River in anticipation of this year’s flood. In statements to Al Jazeera, Saleh added that they had opened two of the dam’s gates to drain the water flowing from the upper Atbara River, and that they would open more doors as needed.
And last Sunday, the Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources in Sudan announced an expected increase in the water supply of the Blue Nile as a result of heavy rains on the Ethiopian plateau, and called on its citizens living on both sides of the Blue Nile to take precautions to preserve lives and property.
The Meroe Dam is a Sudanese hydroelectric dam located on the course of the Nile River near the city of Meroe in the Northern State, 350 km from Khartoum.
The construction of the dam was completed on March 3, 2009, and its height reaches 67 meters, and the storage capacity of its lake is more than 12 billion cubic meters, with a length of up to 176 km. It is the largest water body in Sudan, and stores enough water to generate electricity stably throughout the year.
The Russian Foreign Ministry called for not politicizing the Renaissance Dam file, to avoid any possible escalation of tension between the three countries, Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia.
In Egypt, Minister of Irrigation Mohamed Abdel-Aty said that rain rates are within normal limits, and it is still too early to judge the size of this year’s flood, and he noted the continuation of raising the degree of preparedness among the Ministry of Irrigation agencies to manage the water system with the highest degree of efficiency.
The Egyptian minister said that the emergency room continues to follow up water levels, as well as the committee concerned with following up the rates of rainfall in the sources of the Nile, and the quantities of water reaching the lake of the High Dam.
Depoliticization
On the other hand, the Russian Foreign Ministry called for not politicizing the Renaissance Dam file, to avoid any possible escalation of tension between the three countries, Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia, rejecting attempts to link military and technical cooperation between Moscow and Addis Ababa to the Renaissance Dam file.
The Russian Foreign Ministry said that the settlement of disputes between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia over the dam must take place in accordance with the Declaration of Principles Agreement signed between them in 2015.
The ministry announced that the military-technical cooperation agreement with Ethiopia does not have any destabilizing character, as it described it.
It is noteworthy that Russia and Ethiopia have strong ties and have mutual support since their countries signed relations long ago – Thus Russia who has the UNSC Veto issupporting Abe Ahmed’s regime.https://www.jstor.org/stable/40758727
Ethiopia–Russia relations (Russian: Российско-эфиопские отношения) is the relationship between the two countries, Ethiopia and Russia. Both countries established diplomatic relations on April 21, 1943. Russia currently has an embassy in Addis Ababa, and Ethiopia has an embassy in Moscow. The Ethiopian ambassador to Russia is also accredited to Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.
It has been quoted that the Ethiopian DAM has become a Centre of a wider national abolition to become a Middle income country by 2025, the same year the United Nations predicts Egypt will start suffering from Water Shortages; The Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) Symbolises Ethiopia’s National Hopes and Egypt’s Greatest FEARS!https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1OKWM_enGB936GB936&sxsrf=ALeKk02LMS3ZSnYWZ7gKp8Z_-baSVWm4QA:1627390150809&source=univ&tbm=isch&q=quotes+about+the+renaissance+ethio
Dr. Mahmoud A. Suleiman is an author, columnist and a blogger. His blog is http://thussudan.wordpress.com/