1. Egypt Sees End To Water Tension With Ethiopia: Is It In Denial?

    ...sastrous. A 2017 study from the Geological Society of America (GSA) estimates that during the GERD fill period, Nile flows could fall by 25%, reducing the electricity generated by Egypt’s own 2GW capacity Aswan Dam by 33%. The GSA sees Egypt facing “serious country-wide freshwater and energy shortage by 20...

    Volume: 61
    Issue: 38
    Published at Fri, 21 Sep 2018
  2. Iraqi Finance Minister Sacked, Deepening Political, Financial Crisis

    ...th Iraq on drafting the 2017 budget. MP Najibah Najib, a member of the parliamentary economic committee, said on 18 September that the IMF had told Iraq to increase the oil price assumption in the first draft from a pessimistic $35/B to $43/B for 2017, with crude oil exports projected at 3....

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 38
    Published at Fri, 23 Sep 2016