15/06/2020
Egypt: ?if Ethiopia does not reach an agreement with us, we will? call for war.?
The statements of officials in Egypt about the failure of the tripartite talks with Ethiopia and Sudan over the Renaissance Dam were accompanied by voices calling for a military confrontation. Cairo and on the political level, it ruled out that the ongoing negotiations would yield any result, attributing the reason to #8220;Ethiopian intransigence.#8221; On social media, the drums of war sounded, as the Egyptian tweeters demanded a military strike that would silence Ethiopia and protect Egypt#8217;s water security. On the other hand, Ethiopians respond by threatening a relentless war if Cairo prevents their country from operating the dam. The huge Renaissance Dam project on the Blue Nile,...
