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New Ethiopian dams reignite Nile dispute as Egypt, Ethiopia vie for regional influence - analysis

New Ethiopian hydropower plans are drawing Somalia, Somaliland, Eritrea and Gulf states deeper into the regional balance.

A general view of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in Guba, Ethiopia, on February 20, 2022.
Emergency service volunteers, together with Jerusalem District Police and other forces, are searching for five people last seen in a Jeep driving near Beit Zayit Dam.

Emergency services halt search for five missing people near Beit Zayit Dam

 Wild European beaver, Castor fiber, sitting on felled tree in water and gnawing bark from branches.

Beavers save Czech government €1.2 million by building planned dam

One of Ukraine's Chief Rabbis, Moshe Reuven Azman, returned to the disaster zone in Kherson during the weekend

Ukraine: Chief Rabbi continues humanitarian aid efforts in aftermath of Russian attack


US bombed Syrian dam risking tens of thousands of lives - NYT report

A US airstrike put tens of thousands of civilians at risk, despite the target being on a "no-strike" list.

 A view shows part of Tabqa dam on the Euphrates river, near Raqqa, Syria June 25, 2014.

Voices from the Arab press: Playing with water (and fire)

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has become one of the most important issues concerning the Egyptian people and, perhaps, the entire Arab world.

THE BLUE Nile River is seen as the Grand  Ethiopian Renaissance Dam reservoir  fills, in this broad spectral image taken  November 6, 2020.

Arab states call on UN Security Council to meet over Ethiopian dam

Ethiopia previously has rejected calls from Egypt and Sudan to involve mediators outside the African Union.

ETHIOPIA’S GREAT Renaissance Dam is constructed in Guba Woreda, some 40 km (25 miles) from Ethiopia’s border with Sudan in 2013.

How do Egypt, Ethiopia stack up, militarily?

Egypt calls the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam an “existential threat.” Ethiopia says Egypt and Sudan have nothing to worry about.

ETHIOPIA’S GRAND Renaissance Dam undergoes construction work on the Nile River in Benishangul Gumuz Region, Ethiopia, on  September 26.  (Tiksa Negeri/File Photo/Reuters)

Pincus Rutenberg, the man who helped supply Israel with electricity

Known to the workers who built the hydro plant as "The Old Man of Naharayim," Rutenberg, who died in 1942, is not widely commemorated in Israel.

A portrait of Pincus Rutenberg, the man behind the Naharayim hydroelectric project

Dispute over Nile dam project may lead to military conflict

As negotiations between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia over Addis Ababa’s massive dam reach impasse some analysts believe military confrontation is imminent.

ETHIOPIA’S GRAND Renaissance Dam undergoes construction work on the Nile River in Benishangul Gumuz Region, Ethiopia, on  September 26.  (Tiksa Negeri/File Photo/Reuters)

Egypt-Ethiopia tensions rise as dam talks hit stalemate

Addis Ababa’s disagreement with Khartoum and Cairo over the African continent’s largest hydroelectric dam has the potential to turn violent.

A general view of The Nile River, houses and agricultural land from the window of an airplane in Luxor, Egypt October 9, 2019

Tensions brew between Egypt and Ethiopia over Nile Dam

In protest of Ethiopia's construction on the dam, Egypt submitted a 17-page letter to the United Nations Security Council demanding a halt to construction until there is an agreement reached.

ETHIOPIA’S GRAND Renaissance Dam undergoes construction work on the Nile River in Benishangul Gumuz Region, Ethiopia, on  September 26.  (Tiksa Negeri/File Photo/Reuters)

Kinneret water level rises by 6 cm over weekend

The Degania Dam is expected to be partially opened at the beginning of May in order to prevent flooding.

PEOPLE ON paddle boards float on Lake Kinneret in 2016. It is Israel’s major surface fresh-water source, now endangered.

As death toll in Brazil nears 100, Vale dam disaster relatives lose hope

"We don't have strength to even cry any more"- Tereza Ferreira Nascimento, who likely lost her brother in the wake of the dam collapse

Rescue crew work in a dam that burst in Brazil