So what’s happening now as the dam nears completion? What’s the feeling on the ground?

You guys in Egypt are still trying to impose Arab supremacism on black Africans? I don’t care how powerful the Egyptian military is, it will not be pretty for Egyptians. Egyptians are too busy killing each other to even coordinate an attack on Ethiopia. And you are all the ones concerned about a collapse. Besides, Ethiopia would just take the case to an international court… playing your game. I wonder what China and other foreigners working on the dam would say about Egypt. If anything is certain, Ethiopia would have more justification to be wary of you for all of the underhanded things Egypt has done in the past. But apparently they are not vindictive like you are. They have actually tried to work with you. In 1929 and 1959 you all did no such thing. Come to think of it, maybe this saber rattling from Egypt is rooted in a guilty conscience.

Greed? So where’s the middle ground here? If Ethiopians are starving, everyone weeps endlessly and American and British celebrities do benefit concerts, and all the other activities of feel-goodness that don’t actually do anything to destroy poverty. On the other hand, when Ethiopians are about to revolutionize their economy – without Bob Geldof’s help – all of a sudden Ethiopians are considered greedy. So they deserve sympathy when they suffer and deserve scorn when they thrive? It’s just like the foreign aid model – Africans get what they need to survive for a while and yet not enough to be self-reliant. They just remain in a statis of dependency on foreign governments. Now, most of these aid organizations are run by white Leftists. Now after 50 or more years of 1 trillion dollars in aid to Africa, that has not reduced poverty, wouldn’t these intelligent and supposedly informed people by year 20, realize that the method isn’t working? That tells me all of this compassion for Africans is simply a facade for white paternalism, trying to convince these people that living on rations is much more fitting for their “tradition” and “way of life” and that evil industrialization will corrupt them. Trust me, these type of people are racist. Environmentalists banned the use of DDT, the most effective pesticide against malaria, which could have wiped out malaria in Africa and Asia. Why would they do something like that? For a few birds?

Teresa,
Do you know how much electricity an Ethiopian gets a year. Less than what you spent lighting your house in a day. Now tell me is trying to improve that greed. This is so unfair – I do not even know where to begin. The Egyptians and all their supporters are the greedy ones. The writer of this article – it does not matter male or female – is also ignorant. She does not even have the basic facts right. You side with her and call us Ethiopians greedy wow Teresa where is your sense of fairness

No you do not! It is NOT racism. The greed of both sides is very very sad. A pox on both your houses! The ignorance of those replying to this site with out having a clue to what it is about, is depressing. And assuming the article is written by a male person is disgusting. Such greed and hatred clothed in utter ignorance of our shared humanity.