The speaker of Egypt’s parliament has asked the
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari to mediate its
dispute with Ethiopia over the Renaissance Dam, reports
Bloomberg .

In a meeting yesterday with the Nigerian Vice President
Yemi Osinbajo, Ali Abdel Aal said that relations between
Egypt and Nigeria were progressing.

The $5 billion dam near the border with Sudan is
currently under construction on Ethiopia’s Blue Nile.
Ethiopia plans to begin filling the reservoir next year but
Egypt is concerned this will reduce its share of the Nile
water and threaten its own supplies.

Egypt relies on the Nile for roughly 90 per cent of its
irrigation and drinking water needs and claims historic
rights to the water as enshrined in two treaties, one
from 1929 and one from 1959.

The UN has predicted Egypt will suffer water shortages
from 2025.

Egypt says it has tried all avenues to resolve the dispute
with Ethiopia and Sudan, which Ethiopia denies,
asserting that the dam is essential for its own economic
development .

Egypt wants Ethiopia to release 40 billion cubic metres
of water, whilst Ethiopia wants to release 30 billion.

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who recently won
the Nobel Peace Prize, has said that “no force could
stop Ethiopia building the dam” and if the two countries
go to war over the dam, millions of Ethiopians would be
ready to defend their country .

During a meeting on the sidelines of the African-Russia
summit in Sochi last week General Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi
raised the demand for a mediator when he met the
Ethiopian prime minister.

Egypt have also put forward the suggestions of the
World Bank, the US, or Europe. Russia has stepped
forward and offered to mediate.

The US has issued an invitation to Egypt, Sudan and
Ethiopia to a meeting on 6 November to try and
negotiate the dispute over the dam, which Egypt
immediately accepted.

Ethiopia has previously rejected having a mediator and
accused Egypt of trying to sidestep the process.
Last week the two leaders agreed to resume work on
the technical committee to agree on the operating
terms.

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20191030-egypt-asks-nigeria-to-mediate-dam-dispute/

We never fit arrange drinking water in Nigeria, how to mediate water issue for Egypt

The Egyptians and Ethiopians were silence while Nigeria was being plagued by Boko haram insurgency, hey would they want our assistance this time?

The Egyptians and Ethiopians were silence as Nigeria its being plagued by Boko haram insurgency, why would they want our assistance this time?