!The transparency of the new Ethiopian government and the future of the Renaissance dam Mahjoub Mohammed Saleh

!The transparency of the new Ethiopian government and the future of the Renaissance dam
Mahjoub Mohammed Saleh
The talk of re-energizing Al-Nahda returned to the scene after the Ethiopian Prime Minister broke the silence and revealed problems for the project. Former Ethiopian officials were completely silent about it, although the completion of the project was delayed for almost two years. The prime minister put the dots above the letters and openly accused a government institution of the Ethiopian army, the Metal and Engineering Corps (Métec), entrusted with the engineering and electromechanical works, which it did not accomplish. The Ethiopian president did not blame her alone, Which she chose For this task, failing to perform its functions, as he said, "We have recognized water projects complex to people who have not seen their lives in a dam, and if we continue down this rate, our project will not see the light 
The development of the Al Nahda Dam project was an undisclosed amount of mystery and mystery, although the project was designed to create the largest dam in Africa and the energy it would generate on the continent, three times the energy produced by the dam, one of the largest dams when it was built, And he is interested in all basin countries
Ethiopia wanted to conceal the fact of the dam and its size from the Nile and Sudan (Ethiopia and Sudan), which Ethiopia expected to oppose the project, and surprised them by announcing the date for laying the foundation stone for Al Nahda dam in April 2011 without providing them with all the documents related to the design of the dam. As required by international law and laws, without their prior consent, but official Ethiopia deliberately put the two countries in the fait accompli
This method, which lacks transparency and does not comply with internationally recognized principles, has affected Ethiopia's lack of financial support from friendly countries or international funding institutions that have refrained from funding because Ethiopia has not received the consent of the basin countries. Which is estimated to cost about six and a half billion dollars, which is definitely greater than the savings energy of the Ethiopian people, but they met with all the enthusiasm of the national high and bought government bonds effort, and even Ethiopian expatriate diaspora in support of the project financially, Required, The government has begun to deal with the internal budget of this year, which has abandoned any new development projects, allocated a significant proportion of its financial resources to fight poverty, focused on completing projects The development is under way, including the Al-Nahda Dam, which, according to the Prime Minister, needs $ 7.5 billion. It intends to obtain loans from friendly countries. Its Gulf contacts are part of this framework, and the global atmosphere will be more sympathetic to the new government. Her quest for loans, special In a recent report, the World Bank estimates that by 2023 Ethiopia will achieve an annual income of about $ 1 billion from the neighboring countries, so the economic feasibility of the project is clear, especially if it is compatible with Egypt and Sudan, so that the situations of concern Egypt on its share in the Nile water
There is no doubt that Egypt has realized the dimensions of these recent developments, after the Ethiopian Prime Minister revealed the obstacles facing the Nahdha Dam project, which needs urgent treatment. Therefore, Egypt initiated a high-level delegation yesterday to Addis Ababa, consisting of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, To discuss the outcome of the meeting of the Tripartite Commission, which was held last May, and took decisions aimed at speeding up the resolution of controversial issues, it is now now all parties an interest in ending the differences in a satisfactory manner for all, and the remarks made by the Ethiopian Prime Minister the atmosphere that requires everyone to accept the principle Mutual concessions, in order to reach full agreement on the dam and future cooperation in its administration in a manner that preserves the rights of all parties and does not cause any significant harm to any party. Do the parties take advantage of this favorable situation for ؟??entering into serious and intensive negotiations that deal with all contentious issues