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On Friday, Egypt accused Ethiopia of following a "reckless unilateral behavior" in the management of the Renaissance Dam, and Cairo considered that this behavior "illegal and in violation of international law," especially after the flooding of some lands adjacent to the Nile River following the flood.
The Egyptian Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation explained in a statement that Ethiopia violated the established technical and scientific rules when operating the dam, where larger quantities of water were stored while reducing discharges, in what the ministry described as an "Ethiopian hasty approach towards completing the filling in an uncontrolled manner." The ministry added that the Ethiopian management of the dam included the discharge of large quantities of water suddenly and unjustifiably, which led to the aggravation of the discharged water quantities, stressing that these actions showed the chaotic and uncontrolled nature of the dam's management. The ministry continued that these sudden increases in water, coinciding with the difference in rainfall dates inside Sudan and the rise in the White Nile's revenue, resulted in the flooding of vast agricultural areas and a number of Sudanese villages, stressing that this unilateral management of the dam affected the natural flood and created a stronger artificial flood late in the year, which caused great losses to Sudan. The ministry clarified that the Egyptian lands that were recently flooded are part of the lands of the riverbed, which the Nile used to absorb when increasing water discharges, denying what is being circulated on the media and social media about the "flooding of the governorates," describing it as a "false and misleading claim." The ministry affirmed that Egypt is monitoring the situation around the clock, pointing out that the High Dam and its storage and discharge capabilities represent the basic guarantee to protect the country from the fluctuations of the Nile and sudden floods. For his part, Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly expected the continued increase in the quantities of Nile water until the end of October with the flood and rain season, indicating that larger quantities than usual will be discharged, and these increases may lead to the flooding of some areas in the governorates of Menoufia and Beheira in the Delta.
