Why does Ethiopia want to build a dam on the Nile?

The primary purpose of the dam is electricity production to relieve Ethiopia’s acute energy shortage and for electricity export to neighboring countries.

What country is damming the Nile river?

Ethiopia
The long-running dispute between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia over a massive hydroelectric dam being built on the River Nile shows no sign of being resolved.

Why does Egypt not want the dam to be built?

Egypt has vowed not to allow the dam to impede its water supply, and it held joint military maneuvers with Sudan in May. Sudan has since petitioned the United Nations Security Council to hold an emergency session as soon as possible.

Who is building the Blue Nile dam?

Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), formerly known as the Millennium Dam, is under construction in the Benishangul-Gumuz region of Ethiopia, on the Blue Nile River, which is located about 40km east of Sudan. The project is owned by Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCO).

Who owns the Nile now?

Today, however, Ethiopia is building the Grand Renaissance Dam and, with it, Ethiopia will physically control the Blue Nile Gorge—the primary source of most of the Nile waters.

Does India have any dams?

India has 4,407 large dams, the third highest number in the world after China (23,841) and the USA (9,263). Over 1,115 large dams will be about 50 years old by 2025.

Why does China want Ethiopia?

The Chinese appear to be interested in Ethiopia for political reasons (among African countries, its governance and developmental orientation is closest to that of China, and it hosts the African Union headquarters), and as a business partner.

Will the Nile dry up?

By 2040, a hot and dry year could push over 45% of the people in the Nile Basin – nearly 110 million people – into water scarcity. Even without these developments, population growth would drive water scarcity in the Upper Nile.

Why is it called Blue Nile?

Saifeddin says the name ‘Blue Nile’ was given to the River by Sudanese who call everything which is dark in color ‘Azraq(Blue). They called this Nile blue because of its dark turbid color due to the heavy silt it carries, in comparison with the White Nile that seems clear.

Who discovered Blue Nile?

John Hanning Speke discovered the source of the Nile on August 3rd, 1858.