Trouble in the Nile Basin: Ethiopia, Egypt, and Sudan and the Nile stalemate
This paper employs a semi-systematic literature review and conceptualises the concept of hydroponics to understand the current stalemate between Ethiopia, Egypt, and Sudan concerning Ethiopia’s Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) Dam. This paper employed a qualitative research approach to critica...
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| description | This paper employs a semi-systematic literature review and conceptualises the concept of hydroponics to understand the current stalemate between Ethiopia, Egypt, and Sudan concerning Ethiopia’s Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) Dam. This paper employed a qualitative research approach to critically analyze the Nile River conflict and to understand how water has become a cause of the tension between these three countries. The diplomatic impasse over the GERD has undoubtedly put African diplomacy under pressure as there have been growing calls continentally to find a diplomatic solution in order to reduce the possibilty of a direct confrontation. Findings revealed that a confrontation will not solve the current impasse; negotiations underpinned by good faith, unbiased mediation from external stakeholders, and the political will from Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia are central to finding a long-lasting solution. The Nile is an economic lifeline; hence, the African Union should play a fundamental role in ensuring the political inclusion of Nile basin countries in finding a long-lasting solution that considers the interests of all countries involved. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-22de170e0a2f449e8dff3fc5926dfba02025-08-20T03:52:24ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Social Sciences2331-18862025-12-0111110.1080/23311886.2025.2491851Trouble in the Nile Basin: Ethiopia, Egypt, and Sudan and the Nile stalemateVictor H. Mlambo0Mfundo Mandla Masuku1School of Public Management, Governance and Public Policy, University of JohannesburgSchool of Built Environment and Development Studies, University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, South AfricaThis paper employs a semi-systematic literature review and conceptualises the concept of hydroponics to understand the current stalemate between Ethiopia, Egypt, and Sudan concerning Ethiopia’s Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) Dam. This paper employed a qualitative research approach to critically analyze the Nile River conflict and to understand how water has become a cause of the tension between these three countries. The diplomatic impasse over the GERD has undoubtedly put African diplomacy under pressure as there have been growing calls continentally to find a diplomatic solution in order to reduce the possibilty of a direct confrontation. Findings revealed that a confrontation will not solve the current impasse; negotiations underpinned by good faith, unbiased mediation from external stakeholders, and the political will from Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia are central to finding a long-lasting solution. The Nile is an economic lifeline; hence, the African Union should play a fundamental role in ensuring the political inclusion of Nile basin countries in finding a long-lasting solution that considers the interests of all countries involved.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311886.2025.2491851NileconflictmediationsupportAfrican unionCivil Wars & Ethnic Conflict |
| spellingShingle | Victor H. Mlambo Mfundo Mandla Masuku Trouble in the Nile Basin: Ethiopia, Egypt, and Sudan and the Nile stalemate Cogent Social Sciences Nile conflict mediation support African union Civil Wars & Ethnic Conflict |
| title | Trouble in the Nile Basin: Ethiopia, Egypt, and Sudan and the Nile stalemate |
| title_full | Trouble in the Nile Basin: Ethiopia, Egypt, and Sudan and the Nile stalemate |
| title_fullStr | Trouble in the Nile Basin: Ethiopia, Egypt, and Sudan and the Nile stalemate |
| title_full_unstemmed | Trouble in the Nile Basin: Ethiopia, Egypt, and Sudan and the Nile stalemate |
| title_short | Trouble in the Nile Basin: Ethiopia, Egypt, and Sudan and the Nile stalemate |
| title_sort | trouble in the nile basin ethiopia egypt and sudan and the nile stalemate |
| topic | Nile conflict mediation support African union Civil Wars & Ethnic Conflict |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311886.2025.2491851 |
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