ethiopia's neighbors downstream water has started filling up at the grand renaissance dam and on the river nile. and early a image and now this both egypt and sudan depend on water from the nile and i guess the dam project here is the ethiopia is going to do at least in this continue this with this 1st year of doing and you know. presumably if it can't reach an agreement within the next few weeks when that sort of fell this sort of will it. not be able to continue the negotiation process. ethiopia says the giant hydroelectric project is critical for the country to pull its nearly 100 m. 10000000 citizens out of poverty and become a major power exporter in the region. egypt already battling huge water shortages relies on the nile for more than 90 percent of its water supply. ethiopia and its neighbors have for years been engaged in tense negotiations over the dam earlier this week a new round of talks ended without an agreement though some observers are still optimistic. the people in keeping the table the movie like it they are to agreement ethiopia insists it's not actively filling up the dam

has demanded urgent clarification from ethiopia over whether it started filling a mega dam on the river nile if you can state media has reported that the reservoirs are finally being filled the controversial project will transform the lives of millions but control over its waters has led to nearly a decade of contentious negotiations and a final deal still hasn't been reached. if here is the source of the blue nile which flows through sudan and merges with the white nile up through egypt at full capacity the dam which is the size of london will be able to hold 74000000000 cubic meters of water the hydro power will turn on the lights for the 70 percent of ethiopians who currently have no electricity and egypt relies on the nile for 90 percent of its water for a population of $100000000.00 trials stratford has more on how the dam divided the region before it was even completed its a continues to build and cost close to $5000000000.00 if you o.p.'s flagship infrastructure project is a great source of national pride. but the grand ethiopian renaissance dam on the blue nile has caused tension wit

denial its main source the blue nile starts in ethiopia tundra the river flows toward sudan and joins the rivers other tributary that's a dense capital hard to him before heading downstream to egypt is being built here on the border with sudan near the blue nile source the demo catch water in its massive reservoir to surface area is larger than that of greater london. this will inevitably have an effect on how much water flows to downstream countries egypt and sudan. egypt is home to almost 100000000 people who depend on the nile for 90 percent of their fresh water supply some fear that ethiopia will leave too much water in its reservoirs during periods of drought in danger and the flow downstream. that could leave egypt's farmers unable to irrigate their lands causing major food losses. and all this as the effects of a workman clime meant have already strained egyptian agriculture. the effects for sudan seem mixed one fear here is that the gerd could jeopardize the operations of sudan's own dams on the nile however sadat also sees an opportunity to get cheap energy from ethiopia than

erected on the river nile dmin tributary the blue nile it took almost a decade to build and cement to be part of ethiopia's transformation. roughly 65 percent of the country is not connected to the power grid energy from the dam could more than double ethiopia's current output fulfilling its needs and making it an exporter but the dems also highly controversial due to its location denial its main source the blue nile starts in ethiopia tundra the river flows toward sudan and joins the rivers other tributary that sudan's capital hoped to him before heading downstream to egypt. is being built here on the border with sudan near the blue nile source. the demo catch water in its massive reservoir whose surface area is larger than that of greater london. this will inevitably have an effect on how much water flows to downstream countries egypt and sudan. egypt is home to almost 100000000 people who depend on the nile for 90 percent of their fresh water supply some fear that ethiopia will leave too much water in its reservoirs during periods of drought in danger and the flow downstream that c

egypt relies on the nile for 90% of its freshwater needs. the largest share of the river runs through egypt, egyptian territory. aat we have in egypt is situation where they have a significant gap between water they produce and the water they consume. with a rapidly growing population of over 100 million, it points to this problem only getting worse. reporter: ethiopia also has strong claims because it is the source of the blue nile, the largest of the nile's tributaries. ethiopia was never included in the colonial era agreement between egypt and sudan which gives the lion's of water to egypt. y balancedre man factors at play here. have someoneyou who wants to secure power and be reelected in ethiopia. in egypt you have president sisi with an economy that had been struggling, but also he needs to ensure he has the continued backing of the military establishment, which has an important role in that economy. june, ethiopia rejected a un security council meeting requested by egypt saying the council should not be involved at all. ethiopia's u.n. ambassadors had a dispute sho

well it is africa's most to just be a dam project and it is fueling tensions along the nile river between ethiopia and its neighbors new satellite images appear to show that ethiopia has started filling its grand renaissance dam on the nile the move is likely to spark protests from egypt and sudan which have both it depends on water from the nile talks among the 3 countries ended in deadlock on tuesday egypt has now asked ethiopia for urgent clarification on whether it has begun to fill the dam it is these images that are likely to ankara ethiopia's neighbors down stream water has started filling up at the ground renaissance time and along the river nile here and earlier image and now this both egypt and sadam depend on water from the nile and against the dam project. is going to be the least in this continue with this with this 1st year of . whom we've reached an agreement within the next few weeks from that sort of sort of. bill to continue the process. ethiopia says the giant hydroelectric project is critical for the country to pull its nearly 110000000 citizens out of poverty and beco

well it is africa's a most disputed dam project and it is fueling tensions along the nile river between ethiopia and its neighbors new satellite images appear to show that ethiopia has started filling its grand renaissance dam on the nile the move is likely to spark protests from egypt and sudan which both of depend on water from the nile talks among the 3 countries ended in deadlock on tuesday egypt has now asked ethiopia for urgent clarification on whether it has begun to fill the dam. it is these images that are likely to anger ethiopia's neighbors downstream water has started filling up at the grand renaissance dam along the river nile here and earlier image and now this both egypt and sudan depend on water from the nile and against the dam project here is ethiopia is going to be released in this continue this with this 1st year of filling and. presumably reach an agreement within the next few weeks when it started this road would. not be able to continue to negotiation process ethiopia says the giant hydroelectric project is critical for the country to pull its nearly 100 m. 100000

has demanded urgent clarification from ethiopia over whether it started filling a mega dam on the river nile a controversial project will transform the lives of millions but control over its waters has led to nearly a decade of contentious negotiations and the final deal still hasn't been reached john stratford has more it's taken 10 years to build and cost close to $5000000000.00 if you hope is flagship infrastructure project is a great source of national pride. but the grand ethiopian renaissance dam on the blue nile has caused tension with downstream countries sudan and egypt from the start be coping government says the hydroelectric dam is vital for the development of this immense landlocked country just a population of around 108000000 the country plans to expulsion kristie across the region and says the dam will stop seasonal flooding in neighboring sudan. but egypt says there are a number of outstanding legal issues that need resolving and filling the reservoir too quickly could reduce its water supply and may pose an existential threat and egypt does have legitimate concerns i mean t

was manmade 50 years ago by filling the reservoir of egypt's high dam on the river nile 80 percent of the water is in egypt and it's known there as lake not there named after the former president 20 percent of the lake is in sudan's territory and thousands of family rely on it they're concerned about the lakes future and also what's happening in neighboring ethiopia where africa's largest hydroelectric dam is nearing completion. the lake here relies on 2 sources the water flowing in from them in the south and the amount of water released by the egyptian aswan high dam in the north there is a for everything appears new dam has the capacity to hold more than the water of the blue nile the main contributor to the nile now when if you're just not feeling it them what the levels downstream will reduce and when egypt opens the gates of its high dam the size of this lake will diminish significantly so the nice people here say the gates of the high dam haven't been opened for 3 years that's aimed at preserving as much water as possible in the lake while negotiations over how it operates conti

egypt and sudan say they will keep open negotiations of ethiopia's controversial dam on the river nile even though it's already being filled ethiopia's prime minister meant says they've reached an understanding and that technical discussions will now follow suit on in egypt concerned that the ground renascence dam will impact their water supplies that want to filled with out of agreement that ethiopia says the recent rainy season means reservoir already contains a year's worth of water germany has become the latest country to warn egypt not to get militarily involved in libya's conflict comes a day off egypt's parliament approved for its approach but it's not like trying to reports people in the libyan city of misrata say this will only escalate the conflict and i have a lot of hype egypt's president absence at the has sisi has long been a supporter of living warlord khalifa haftar who has failed to take control of the capital tripoli after a 14 month military campaign with egyptian support. his forces have had to retreat back towards their eastern stronghold shortly after that happen

images show that ethiopia has started selling its controversial grand when a song stand on the river nile the move is likely from both egypt and sudan which depend on bolted on the nile talks between the 3 countries on the issue deadlocked in the in this week. and iran say's at least 7 ships have been damaged in a blaze that broke out at a shipyard in the southern pole it's all bullshit there has been a string of unexplained fires and explosions at military nuclear and industrial sites across the country since late june. the watching news from berlin you're up to date but don't forget you can also visit our website . you can also follow us on twitter and on instagram were added every news it's been great having your company see you next hour about. to. come reading the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and. our corona. covert 19 special and next on d.v.d. .

let's turn our attentioion o the geopoliticical tensions caud by a massive dam in ethiopia on the river nile. construction started in 2011 and ethiopia has been in talks for years with egypt and sudan because they are downstream and worried about the dam reducing their access to water. joining me nowow, william davisn who is a senior analyst at crisis group. thank you for being with us. if we can start with how important is this dam for etethiopia's economic growth? >> it is very important and will be one of africa's largest upon completion. energyy far the biggest project and biggest infrastructure projects. ethiopia's electricity production over a year when it completed the huge boost to self export as well. politicalo had huge issues to overcome. and why do you think it has taken so long to reach a deal? there isn't one yet. why is it taking so long? in one form or another have been going on for the best part of a decade. there are clashing national interests here. they have heavily relied on the nile. they have had an advantageous legal regime as well. it was a threat to the water supply

anchor: a development on that mega dam on the river nile.you'ure, egypt, and sudan have agreed to resume talks. this is the grand renaissance dam built by ethiopia. it is f seen as crucial the country's economic growth and a vital source of energy. as you can see from this map, sudan and egypt are downstream i they are worried the dam will reduce their access to water. all this has been causing diplomatic tension between the countries. previous talks mediated by the african union and u.s. came to nothing. now, after a virtual summit, we are told tocqueville resume. the adjutantresident says they will focus on developing a nding legal agreement on the rules for filling and eratin if your psa today, the first year target for filling the dam has been reached. these are radar satellite images showing the change over the last few weeks. a comparative water level when the rainy season swells the nile river. it is not quite clear if the dam was filled because ethiopia has done something to speed up the process or it is due to rainfall. media, we co

satellite images show that ethiopia has been filling its controversial grand when they stand on the river nile the move is likely to spot prices from both egypt and sudan which depend on water from the now talks between the 3 countries on the issue ended in deadlock this week. iran says it needs 7 ships have been damaged in a blaze that broke out at a shipyard in the 7 course. there has been a string often explained fires and explosions at military nuclear and industrial sites across the country since late june. and flooding is continuing to take its toll on north eastern india is a some stage over 2000000 people have been displaced the floods also inundated most of the national park which is home to rare rhino species as well as other animals. police in germany's black forest are still searching for a man who disarmed offices at gunpoint and made off with their weapons they say they are checking a manifesto that could possibly stem from the 31 year old suspect he fled into the woods near the southwestern bell often dissolving the offices on sunday. by had alerted police to a man who they say

was manmade 50 years ago by filling the reservoir of egypt's high dam on the river nile 80 percent of the water is in egypt and it's known there as lake not there named after the former president 20 percent of the lake is in sudan's territory and thousands of family rely on it they're concerned about the lakes future and also what's happening in neighboring ethiopia where africa's largest hydroelectric dam is nearing completion. the lake here relies on 2 sources the water flowing in from them in the south and the amount of water released by the egyptian aswan high dam in the north there is a for everything has the capacity to hold more than the water of the blue nile the main contributor to the nile now when if the o.p.'s thoughts feeling it's them what the level downstream will reduce and when egypt opens the gates of its high dam the size of this lake will diminish significantly sudanese people here say the gates of the high dam haven't been opened for 3 years that's aimed at preserving as much water as possible in the leg while negotiations over how it operates continue while fishe

egypt reduced water supplies downstream on the river nile. technically. technically we could have filled the dam in 3 years especially during the seasons of heavy rains but we cancelled this 3 year period in response to the concerns of the downstream countries we agreed to fill the dam in 4 to 7 years now they started with new demands for sitting near new quotas and they also added binding agreements the matters that we agree about should be general and non-binding agreements and we negotiate them according to their importance opening the $5000000000.00 has major potential consequences for tens of thousands of fishermen and farmers in sudan their livelihoods depend on like no bia or lake as it's known in neighboring egypt the lake forms the manmade reservoir for the last one. but water levels both there and anything you have very worried about morgan reports just after sunrise every day the same job for and his crews are there both engine and their day's work fishing has been his livelihood for nearly 20 years catching tiger fish and wiring the from lake

has demanded urgent clarification from ethiopia over whether it started filling a mega dam on the river nile ethiopian state media has reported that the reservoirs are finally being filled the controversial project will transform the lives of millions but control over its waters has led to needy a decade of contentious negotiations and a final deal still hasn't been reach ethiopia is the source of the blue now which flows through sudar and merges with the white nile up through egypt. at full capacity the dam which is the size of london will be able to hold 74000000000 cubic meters of water the hydro power will turn on the lights for the 70 percent of ethiopians that currently have no electricity and egypt relies on the now for 90 percent of its water for a population of $100000000.00 trafford has more on how the dam divided the region before it was even completed. it say continues to build and cost close to $5000000000.00 if you o.p.'s flagship infrastructure project is a great source of national pride. but the grand ethiopian renaissance dam on the blue nile has caused tension with downstre

ethiopia's prime minister has held of the early filling of the massive dam on the blue nile river as historic the announcement came as abi off meds said his country had reached a major common understanding with sudan and egypt over the controversial projects the mega dam has been a source of tension between the countries for years construction of the dam and a power plant on the blue nile began and 2011 sudan and egypt are afraid that it will cut off their water supply their water supply to their countries. ethiopia is creating facts on the ground on the blue nile the mega town has been filling up for weeks unnoticed by the public but these satellite images reveal the truth on twitter prime minister akhmed announced that the historic filling of the dam aided by rainfall was now complete that some welcome news for the negotiations with sudan and egypt both countries had warned ethiopia against filling the dam without prior agreement nile expert crusie says that to them it's

data egypt in sudan say they will keep open negotiations of ethiopia's controversial dam on the river nile even though it's already being filled the prime minister ahmed says they've reached a common understanding that technical discussions will follow suit on and egypt concerned that the ground in a sense dam will impact their water supplies and don't want it filled without an agreement. you know stay with headlines here an odds or got more news coming up right off the one and one 3rd a global pandemic mass protests demanding change economic recession and geopolitical tensions not to mention the small matter of a looming election to join me steve clemons in conversation with leading voices on the bottom line your weekly take on u.s. politics and society on al-jazeera. we have over 10000 new cases. 102000 photos tested positive 14000 hospitalized. the frontline battle is in the health care system. a deadly pandemic has cut a swathe through america's biggest cities and filipino nurses are in the hospital battle filipino nurses they are very friendly you are very carry 150000 nurses from the

a reservoir behind ethiopia's disputed grand renaissance dam on the river nile has started filling withsatelite images showed water levels rising a day after talks with egypt and sudan ended without agreement. sudan and egypt both fear the four billion dollar dam could lead to water shortages in their own nations. indonesian officials say at least 20 people have died after heavy rains caused flash floods on sulawesi island. hundreds of buildings were buried in thick mud after three rivers burst their banks. over a thousand people have been evacuated to temporary shelters. us secretary of state, mike pompeo says he will visit britain and denmark next week. this comes after britain placed a ban on using 56 technology from chinese telecoms giant huawei. the ban came after the us blocked huawei's access to us chips. the trump administration has been urging all countries to shun huawei, calling the company an arm of the chinese state. here's what mr i think we are watching american businesses understand the political risk in operating in place like hong kong, and they are seeing that their s

satellite images show that if you have started filling its controversial grand renee's on stamps on the river nile the move is likely to spot protests on both egypt and sudan which depend on water from the nile talks between the 3 countries on the issue ended in deadlock earlier this week. iran says at least 7 ships have been damaged in a blaze that broke out at a shipyard in the southern port of. there have been a string off and experienced fires and explosions at military nuclear and industrial sites across the country since late june. russian lawmakers have begun the process of forming the outgoing same sex marriages based on tuesday they submitted draft legislation to explicitly banned gay marriage and adoptions including those by a transgender people the changes were championed as part of president putin's constitutional reforms which russians voted overwhelmingly to support any of this month it's part of the clamens weidman crackdown on l.g.b. t.v. rights yuri resettle reports. behind this barbed wire activists who've dared to publicly criticize the kremlin's policies. one of them is honest.

a reservoir behind the ethiopian gram in ices dam on the river nile has started filling with water.atellite images show water level is rising and after talks with egypt and sudan ended without agreement. they both fear that the $4 billion dam could lead to water shortages in their own nations. health officials are saying the coronavirus pandemic has led to a sharp fall in the number of children around the world being vaccinated. the you and officials say the suffering and death caused by children missing out on the vaccines could dwarf the suffering caused by the virus. let us speak to doctor robin nandy, chief of immunisations at unicef. in new york. how concerned are you about this? we have released recent data that actually shows 2019 immunisation coverage and even prior to the covered pandemic, approximately 20 million children we re approximately 20 million children were not receiving the full benefits of vaccines. that is globally. many of vaccines. that is globally. many of these were in low income countries, countries affected by conflict, but what we are very concerned abou

a reservoir behind ethiopia's disputed grand renaissance dam on the river nile has started filling withed water levels rising a day after talks with egypt and sudan ended without agreement. sudan and egypt both fear the $4 billion dam could lead to water shortages in their own nations. here in britain, prime minister borisjohnson has thrown one of his own conservative mps out of the parliamentary party after his chosen candidate failed to get the chairmanship of a key parliamentary committee. julian lewis worked with opposition mps to get himself elected as chair of the intelligence and security select committee. france will cut the taxes french companies have to pay by 20 billion euros over the next two years. a package will also be launched to tackle youth employment during the pandemic. the country's finance minister, bruno le maire, said the measures will be in addition to emergency aid to protectjobs during the lockdown. us secretary of state mike pompeo says he will visit britain and denmark next week. this comes after britain placed a ban on using 56 technology from chinese telec

a reservoir behind ethiopia's disputed grand renaissance dam on the river nile has started filling withshowed water levels rising a day after talks with egypt and sudan ended without agreement. sudan and egypt both fear the $4 billion dam could lead to water shortages in their own nations. a prolonged heatwave in the siberian arctic this year is "unequivocal evidence of climate change" — that's according to an international team of scientists. they say the record high temperatures would be impossible without man—made global warming. that matters here in the uk because the arctic drives much of the weather we experience, as our chief environment correspondent, justin rowlatt, reports. six months of record—breaking temperatures have fuelled massive forest fires in the siberian arctic this year. great plumes of smoke were visible on satellite images last month. the red areas on this map show just how exceptional temperatures have been — more than five degrees above average across much of siberia. that included the highest temperature ever recorded north of the arctic circle, a sweltering 3

a reservoir behind ethiopia's disputed grand renaissance dam on the river nile has started filling with water levels rising a day after talks with egypt and sudan ended without agreement. sudan and egypt both fear the four billion dollar dam could lead to water shortages in their own nations. the latest figures on china gdp's growth are out. china's economy grew 3.2% in the second quarter from a year earlier. the growth was faster than the 2.5% forecast by analysts and followed a steep 6.8% slump in the first quarter. mariko 0i who's in our asia business hub in singapore, gave me more details. it seems like china's economy is on track to have a v—shaped recovery, remember a lot of economists have been forecasting at least for the rest of the world that we may see a very slow u—shaped recovery or an l shaped, not exactly a recovery, but according to the latest data from china, in the first three months between april and june, the economy grew by 3.2%, as she said, it was much better than what economists had been forecasting and definitely a lot better than the contraction that we saw in

has demanded urgent clarification from ethiopia over whether it started filling a mega dam on the river nile a controversial project will transform the lives of millions but control over its waters has led to nearly a decade of contentious negotiations and a final deal still hasn't been reached john stratford has more it's taken 10 years to build and cost close to $5000000000.00 if you hope is flagship infrastructure project is a great source of national pride. but the grand ethiopian renaissance dam on the blue nile has caused tension with downstream countries sudan and egypt from the start be coping government says the hydroelectric dam is vital for the development of this immense landlocked country which is a population of around 108000000 the country plans to exporter electricity across the region and says the dam will stop seasonal flooding in neighboring sudan. but egypt says there are a number of outstanding legal issues that need resolving and filling the reservoir too quickly could reduce its water supply and may pose an existential threat and egypt does have legitimate concerns i m

sudan say they will keep open negotiations over a controversial dam ethiopia's building on the river nile even though it's already being filled if he appears prime minister be a comment says the latest talks have ended with a major understanding on route to a breakthrough agreement but he cautioned that technical discussions would follow suit on an egypt say the grand renaissance dam or affect their water supplies and don't want it filled without an agreement as the recent rainy season means the reservoir already has a year's worth of water in it. a prominent pakistani journalist who was abducted in islamabad has been returned to his family but you know john is known for his criticism of the authorities including the country's military footage from surveillance cameras showed men dragging a driver out of his car and into another vehicle on tuesday still not knowing who abducted him why and a group of hostages have been freed unharmed after they were held for more than 12 hours on a bus in ukraine but he said the armed men who held them surrendered and has now been detained he was original

new satellite images show that ethiopia's controversial grand renaissance dam on the river nile has started flowing with waters likely to spark protests from both egypt and sudan which depend on water from the nile talks between those countries on the issue ended in a deadlock earlier this week. u.s. president trump has replaced his campaign manager brad parr scale less than 4 months before the election meant taking over his part scales former deputy bill stepien the reshuffle comes as trump trails his democratic opponent joe biden by as much as 15 points in the polls. we have some breaking news now on one of facebook's main tools for transferring data between europe and the u.s. has been declared invalid now that's according to a court ruling out in the last few minutes europe's highest court says the social media network is failing to protect you user data by transferring it to the united states the social network can still continue to process data in the u.s. for now but the ruling represents a clear victory for the austrian citizen who brought the case against the internet giant. a clas

in egypt and sudan say they will keep open negotiations over ethiopia's controversial dam on the river nile even though it's already being filled if you prime minister went says they've reached a common understanding and that technical discussions will follow sudan and egypt are concerned that the ground renascence dam will impact their water supplies and don't want it filled with out of agreement g.o.p. says the recent rainy season these reservoir already contains a year's worth of water. still ahead here on out syria fear is egypt's plans to deploy troops abroad could escalate the conflict in may really be a. hello there still some very heavy rain in the forecast across central areas of china as old type the seas or rains and we have a few weeks yet of some very similar weather conditions it's been a big cheer across the korean peninsula but the rain unfortunately is on the way there now the system across the china it has actually worked as well a bit further to the north but of course it is a similar scenario these rains a particularly heavy and what you're looking at is these main river

egypt answered on say they will keep negotiations open over ethiopia's controversial dam on the river nile even though it's already being filled if you're his prime minister abu ahmed says they've reached a common understanding and that technical discussions will follow suit on in egypt are concerned the ground renee's on family impacts their water supplies and don't want it filled without an agreement but if your peace says the recent rainy season means the reservoir already contains a year's worth of water our correspondent mohammed has covered the story for us extensively and has this update there are even conflicting reports about where the choppier has really started filling the dams as of why we know that you know we could go a few days ago there was that confusion which is still there. started has it not started nobody knows because there was no access to the dam site itself at the moment. but we know that it oprah has one day to try to listen to egypt and so that at least to some extent because they know that egypt and sudan will not relinquish their demands for some kind of contri

egypt answered on say they'll keep negotiations open over ethiopia's controversial dam on the river nile even though it's already been partially filled with autumn if you're his prime minister ahmed says they've reached a common understanding that technical discussions will follow suit on egypt are concerns the ground renee's on stem impacts their water supplies and don't want it filled without an agreement but ethiopia says the recent rainy season means the reservoir already contains a year's worth of water now the white house says the u.s. president and abu dhabi's crown prince have discussed what they called the importance of deescalation in libya through the removal of foreign forces the u.a.e. egypt and russia all backed the war the huffed while turkey supports the un recognized government in tripoli on monday egypt's parliament approved military deployments to libya but as malik trying to reports people in the libyan city of misrata say this only make the conflict west. of motherhood egypt's president of the sisi has long been a supporter of living warlords really for after it was

water minister has voiced concern over ethiopia's decision to fill the ground raisons dam on the river nile ethiopia says the project is vital to its development but sudan fears that it could put millions of lives downstream at risk. for the sudan we have conveyed our reserve ation accuse the unilateral move of filling the dams risible on july 12th and 13th we consider the move as a worrisome act we have also pointed out the negative impacts of this unilateral move which was taken without warning. replace the. 18 states with civilians women hold posts for the 1st time they enter office in a difficult period with many people being killed in violence. reports. taking oath of office nearly a year after the signing of a power sharing agreement that stipulates that their appointment and after months of protests so dance transitional governments who are in 18 years to a 1000000000 governors they were plays governors appointed by former president obama before he was removed from office in april last year the appointees include 2 female governors the 1st woman to hold the post office in sudan's his

there is pressure on the nile river.ld is not looking up. not to do with the uk, but it is an issue that will come upon us and be very real. is it one of those issues where we like the kind of international diplomatic coalition of the willing? it's exactly the kind of dispute that is original, that the united nations should be able to get involved in and provide able to get involved in and provide a forum for debate and discussion to ta ke a forum for debate and discussion to take place, for people to take positions and find some common ground. there clearly is a common ground, but at the moment they are failing to find it. because the united nations at the moment is gridlocked and finding it very, very difficult to be useful in these scenarios, it is not performing as something like that. well, thank you something like that. well, thank you so much for doing that to our attention and thank you to or three other fascinating discussions. —— for your three other fascinating discussions. thank you all for joining and thank

landscape and not island moyock on what we're feeding our friends or are gated by the blue nile and about a decade ago the river was 500 metres away but since the increased highs of the dam the flow of the nile river has changed and some parts of the water levels have gone down in others there's an increase so production some parts increased and decreased in others it all relies on the dam and its operation. hassam ames farm is on the banks of the blue nile river the water is controlled by there was a was down built more than half a century ago to irrigate farmland it's also one of the main sources of hydro electricity the dam was extended in 2013 with the aim of increasing water levels for farmers to irrigate their crops farmers say the river which used to cost seasonal floods is more controlled now but there are concerns about the dams future . this reservoir called was there it is the 1st point where water from the territory is reserved. and experts and government officials say the feeling of the ground if you're going renaissance them will have an impact on the rest areas down so dan has tried to bring toge