Maaza Mengiste Says “The Nile Belongs to Ethiopia Too”Maaza Mengiste is a writer based in New York City. (Photo credit: Miriam Berkley)The GuardianBy Maaza MengisteTensions between Egypt and Ethiopia have grown at an alarming rate since Addis Ababa announced its plans to construct the Grand Renaissance dam across part of the Nile. The project will divert the flow of the river and give Ethiopia greater access. Egypt claims the dam could lower the river’s level in a country that is mainly desert, and reduce cultivated farmland. —Related:Egypt, Ethiopia Square Off Over New Nile River Dam (VOA News)Egypt and Ethiopia Vow to Defuse Blue Nile Dam Row (BBC News)Hydropolitics Between Ethiopia and Egypt: A Historical Timeline (TADIAS)Visualizing Nile Data – Access to Electricity vs Fresh Water (TADIAS)—Join the conversation on Twitter and Facebook.