Yes but Abiy is the one who agreed to US and world bank arbitration which the previous administration had refused. But they were smart enough to step away from the negotiations in the final phase and not sign an agreement. Lol Ras Alula a legend i dont think he lost a single battle. This shyt is not even about technical issues that is just their excuse, Egypt just dont wanna see Ethiopia develop. A stable and powerful Ethiopia controlling the source of their livelihood (Nile) would completely change the power dynamic in the ethio-egypt relationship and the wider region as a whole.
The world bank sending lowkey threats not to start filling without a deal in place or they will withhold financing. This thing became hella internationalized
True, and that was a gaffle on Abiy’s part but otherwise it’s absolutely clear this has always been about Egypt’s need to practice hegemony upon the upstream countries. The very idea of an Ethiopia that can actually lift itself and the region up has always been against Egypt’s wishes.
I dead ass look at them as one of the top reasons why the Horn is so underdeveloped and unstable. That’s why I have so much contempt for their leaders. I’m honestly ready for anything to happen at this juncture. I hope we got another Ras Alula to take care of this shyt if it went the military route.
The thing that pisses me off most is bum ass Egypt gets all that free money from America and waste it on arms and vanity projects instead of water security. Ethiopia is land locked so the water is more important for us whereas Egypt has two coastlines that can take advantage of desalinization. But Egypt’s rulers don’t give a fukk about their people enough to do that. Yeah fukk that, finish the dam and fill that bih up. Sisi and the international community got sumn to say bomb on Aswan and Suez
I’m incredulous as fukk watching this shyt. I’m glad the SA ambassador just said what he said. People need to respect the African Union’s efforts to resolve this instead of running off to outsiders for help. bytch ass Egypt hoe ass sand cacs mothafukk em