{"id":4619,"date":"2021-03-04T05:33:45","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T05:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/?p=4619"},"modified":"2021-03-04T05:33:45","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T05:33:45","slug":"egypt-and-sudan-back-dr-congo-to-mediate-dam-dispute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/2021\/03\/04\/egypt-and-sudan-back-dr-congo-to-mediate-dam-dispute\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt and Sudan back DR Congo to mediate dam dispute"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/topics\/cvenzmgylgwt\/democratic-republic-of-congo\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/topics\/cvenzmgylgwt\/democratic-republic-of-congo\">Article Link<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ethiopian-planned dam in the Nile river has created disputes between countries that depend on the water from the Nile.  Ethiopia and the DR Congo in particular are in an ongoing dispute over the dam. Ethiopia sees the dam as a vital key in their electricity production, which in turn will create better economical development. Both Egypt and Sudan, which are downstream, are worried that the large dam will greatly reduce their access to water, which will reduce their energy production. Ethiopia&#8217;s plan to create the dam called the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (Gerd) will greatly benefit them, while harming the existence of others. The Democratic Republic of the Congo will lead the disputes with Ethiopia on the matter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The African countries that are disputing over the dam have discussed the matter in a meeting concerning the UN. At this point, the dam is at a go-ahead construction state, but the amount of water that the Ethiopians will let through to Egypt and others is still unknown. Once this decision is made, the region could be impacted greatly. Either the countries will be satisfied by the decision, or it will cause further disputes with each other. It is very important that the end result is something that &#8220;meets in the middle.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The UN security council, which is an IGO, held a meeting by phone to discuss the construction of the new dam. Additionally, the African Union (AU) has mentioned that they will become involved and actively work for a solution regarding the water allowance through the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Nile river, geopolitically, is considered very important because it is a natural resource that could be beneficial to whoever takes advantage of the water flow. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Article Link The Ethiopian-planned dam in the Nile river has created disputes between countries that depend on the water from the Nile. Ethiopia and the DR Congo in particular are in an ongoing dispute over the dam. Ethiopia sees the dam as a vital key in their electricity production, which in turn will create better economical development. Both Egypt and&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/2021\/03\/04\/egypt-and-sudan-back-dr-congo-to-mediate-dam-dispute\/\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":161,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/161"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4619"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4629,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4619\/revisions\/4629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}