Struggle over the Nile

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)

http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/countingthecost/2017/10/hydro-economics-egypt-ethiopia-nile-171022074240615.html

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is 60 percent complete and has yet to go into operation. The $4.8bn megaproject near the Sudanese border was launched in April 2011. 

Water rights and the utilisation of water from the Nile for power generation still remain highly contentious issues. And there are concerns about GERD's impact on the river and downstream nations.

Nearly a quarter of a billion people rely on the Nile's waters.

Its basin covers eleven countries: Tanzania and Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, South Sudan, Sudan and Egypt.