THE HISTORICAL AND LEGAL BACKGROUND OF THE PROBLEM OF SHARING THE NILE WATERS STUDY CASE: THE GRAND ETHIOPIAN RENAISSANCE DAM PROBLEM

Year 2024, Volume: 6 Issue: 1, 43 - 60, 02.07.2024

Mohamed El Gaby

https://doi.org/10.54132/akaf.1473542

Abstract

Disputes over waterways are among the most important causes of conflicts, especially in Africa. Thus, studying these disputes is an important introduction to studying security in Africa. However, far from focusing on the security, geopolitical or strategic approach to studying these crises, this study attempts to review the historical and legal aspects of one important dispute over waterways in Africa, the problem of Nile River. The study attempts to discuss the Nile water-sharing problem in a historical and legal frame by examining the international order of waterways and the agreements related to Nile water usage. The study also briefly explains the history of the clashes between Nile Basin countries explaining their different points of view. Finally, the study delivers the Grand Renaissance Dam of Ethiopia as a case study to present a concrete discussion of the Nile water-sharing problem and its impact on the stability of the African continent.

Keywords

Nile Basin, International River, Grand Renaissance Dam

NİL SULARININ PAYLAŞILMASI SORUNUNUN TARİHSEL VE HUKUKİ ARKA PLANI DURUM ÇALIŞMASI: BÜYÜK ETİYOPYA RÖNESANS BARAJI SORUNU

Abstract

Su yolları üzerindeki anlaşmazlıklar, özellikle Afrika’da, çatışmaların en önemli nedenleri arasındadır. Bu nedenle, bu anlaşmazlıkları incelemek, Afrika’daki güvenliği incelemek için önemli bir giriş niteliğindedir. Ancak, bu krizleri incelemek için güvenlik, jeopolitik veya stratejik yaklaşıma odaklanmaktan uzak, bu çalışma Afrika’daki su yolları üzerindeki önemli bir anlaşmazlığın, Nil Nehri sorununun tarihsel ve yasal yönlerini incelemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Çalışma, su yollarının uluslararası düzenini ve Nil suyunun kullanımıyla ilgili anlaşmaları inceleyerek Nil su paylaşımı sorununu tarihsel ve yasal bir çerçevede tartışmayı amaçlamaktadır. Çalışma ayrıca, farklı bakış açılarını açıklayarak Nil Havzası ülkeleri arasındaki çatışmaların tarihini kısaca açıklamaktadır. Son olarak, çalışma, Nil su paylaşımı sorununun ve Afrika kıtasının istikrarı üzerindeki etkisinin somut bir tartışmasını sunmak için bir vaka çalışması olarak Etiyopya’nın Büyük Rönesans Barajını sunmaktadır.

Keywords

Nil Havzası, Uluslararası Nehir, Büyük Rönesans Barajı

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