Egypt determined to disrupt Ethiopia's ties with Uganda
Cairo is to help Kampala achieve food security in a bid to deal a blow to the Ugandan-Ethiopian alliance, especially in the Nile dam issue.
A Ugandan delegation on Aug. 24 visited the site of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, the controversial dam that Ethiopia is building on the Blue Nile, a main tributary of the Nile River.
Meanwhile, during the annual Nile Basin Council of Ministers Meeting held in Tanzania on Aug. 19, Ethiopia and Uganda called on Nile Basin countries to join the Cooperative Framework Agreement (CFA), also known as the Entebbe Agreement.
According to a statement by the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry, “During the conference, Ethiopia and Uganda called on the Nile Basin countries that have yet to approve the CFA to join it in order for the Nile Basin Initiative to be upgraded to the Nile River Basin Commission.”
The statement added, “With the exception of Egypt, all participants in the Nile Basin Council of Ministers Meeting, which was held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, agreed to work together to this end.”
