Ethiopia on track to generating electricity from Africa’s largest power plant in 18 months

Ethiopia should also respect colonial-era agreements and a 1959 accord between Sudan and Egypt that allocates all of the river’s flow excluding evaporation to those two nations, Abdelatty said. By 2020, Egypt will require all of its assigned 55 billion cubic meters a year for vital use such as drinking, washing and sanitation, he said.

Nile riparian nations including Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda are in the process of ratifying a new agreement to create a joint commission to manage use of the river.

Source: Bloomberg

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