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Ethiopia’s Sovereignty Is No Carpet for Cairo to Roll Out at Will
Fana EnglishOpinion
Ethiopia rejected Egyptian Minister Hani Sewilam's claim that Ethiopian politicians "need to be educated" about international rivers, calling it a condescending attempt by Cairo to dictate how a sovereign nation develops its own resources. Ethiopian officials said the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam only uses the river's force to generate electricity while water continues downstream, and that the Nile Basin must be governed by equitable use and mutual respect rather than old privileges. They added that Ethiopia's sovereignty, unlike the Abbay, is not Cairo's to roll out at will.
