Khaberni - Egypt issued a strongly worded statement on Friday about what it called reckless Ethiopian actions that threaten Egyptian lives and territories.
Cairo accused Addis Ababa of reckless and irresponsible actions in managing the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, considering these actions to have caused damage to Sudan and pose a direct threat to Egyptian land and lives.
This was stated in a declaration issued by the Egyptian Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation regarding the flooding of the Nile River and the "unilateral management of the Ethiopian dam contrary to international law."
In recent days, several areas in Sudan have been hit by floods resulting from rising water levels in the Nile River, while the same cause has flooded lands adjacent to the river and its branches in Egyptian provinces.
In this regard, the Egyptian Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation stated it monitored "this year’s developments of the Nile flood, and the associated reckless unilateral actions by Ethiopia in managing its dam (Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam) which is illegal and violates international law."
It considered these actions to lack the simplest rules of responsibility and transparency, and represent a direct threat to the lives and security of the people of the downstream countries.
It added that these actions also reveal "the falsehood of Ethiopia's repeated claims of no harm to others (during dam operation), and confirms they are nothing but a political exploitation of water at the expense of lives and regional security," according to the Egyptian statement.
The ministry stated, "Technically, Ethiopia was supposed to begin storing water in the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam gradually from the beginning of July until the end of October (the flooding season), then manage the water discharge in an organized manner for electricity generation throughout the year, in line with its repeated claims about the dam's benefits in managing floods and protecting Sudan from inundation, and providing electricity to the Ethiopian people."
However, it noted that "at the end of August, it was observed that the Ethiopian dam operators had breached the technical and scientific rules commonly recognized, as they stored larger than expected amounts of floodwater reducing the discharges from about 280 million m³ to 110 million m³ on September 8, 2025."
Artificially Induced Flood
The Egyptian ministry considered that "the irresponsible and unilateral management of the Ethiopian dam has changed the timing of the natural flood, which typically peaks in August, and caused a more severe and powerful artificial flood later in the year in part of September."
The ministry emphasized that what is being circulated through certain media platforms and social media under the name of submerging provinces (in Egypt) is a false and misleading claim, as it is only limited to the flooding of some of the riverbank lands, which naturally form on both sides of the Nile River and its branches as a result of the silt and sediments deposited by the river during its flood.
The ministry concluded its statement, "The Egyptian state with all its apparatus is monitoring the situation around the clock."
On Wednesday, the Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdel Aaty said, "The lack of coordination in operating the dam has led to massive floods recently in Sudan," confirming that Ethiopia's unilateral moves regarding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam constitute a breach of international law.
These remarks by the Egyptian minister came before a meeting with the Chairman of the Sudanese Sovereignty Council in Port Sudan, eastern Sudan.
