Ethiopia: Report Warns Water Scarcity, Population Growth Could Intensify GERD Tensions - Urges Pragmatic Nile Basin Cooperation

Ethiopia: Report Warns Water Scarcity, Population Growth Could Intensify GERD Tensions - Urges Pragmatic Nile Basin Cooperation

Addis Abeba -- The Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI) has cautioned that growing water scarcity, recurrent droughts, and competing national interests could reignite tensions between Ethiopia and Egypt over the operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). In a recent analysis, the U.S.-based think tank outlined multiple future scenarios highlighting both the risks of escalation and the potential for cooperation through transpare…