July 11, 2023 at 11:47 am
Egypt is building an artificial river parallel to the Nile River at a cost of $5.2 billion and as part of its New Delta project.
Authorities say the river will help expand agricultural land and reduce the need to import food and wheat.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February last year drove a global surge in wheat prices, leaving Egypt struggling as it is the world’s biggest wheat importer.
Russia and Ukraine supplied Egypt with 80 per cent of its wheat imports in 2021.
Why is a dam being built? Who is building it?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Ethiopian_Renaissance_Dam
Ethiopia is building a huge dam for energy generation. And Egypt is very worried about it lowering the water levels on the Nile during the filling phase of the dam’s lake and about Ethiopia using it as a weapon against Egypt, controlling an important water source of the Nile.