Ethiopia's Dams are causing droughts and food insecurity in Somalia
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Drought is ravaging Gedo right now, how come nobody in Farmajo's government is talking about these dams.
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Not really sxb certain ethnic groups dominate.
This is 100% plausible, and me personally I actually believe it. So thatβs my donβt shoot the messenger part of the response.
In reality how is any Somali Government supposed to be strong enough to challenge much bigger, more stable, more United countries, when the likes of you, and millions like you try your utmost to weaken any Somali Government, and pull the rug from under its feet? Youβre like that person who feeds a chronic diabetic doughnuts, croissants, and coffee every morning then blast them when their blood sugar spikes. Funny thing is the Swiss cheese arguments you present are full of ironies. You bring up the Baardheere Dam in the 1980s, and Ethiopia exploiting us by building dams. Yet, you romanticize a criminal, and SSDF who were the first to run to Ethiopia, and kick off a chain of events that led to the State denigration, which ultimately led to the tragic status quo you comically feign concern for.
The Dry River Beds of Shabelle River - Somalia
English News and Press Release on Somalia about Drought and Flood; published on 21 Mar 2018 by FAO
reliefweb.int
When the river dries out all life disappears - Somalia
News and Press Release in English on Somalia about Food and Nutrition, Drought and Flood; published on 27 Mar 2017 by DRC
When will you move beyond "whataboutism" and trying to ascribe random issues onto me?
I don't even support AY for Ethiopia and wished he found another way to depose your sinister uncle. Worry about rivers drying up in your region instead of focusing on me.
You'd think I drank the rivers dry.
This is my last response to you. You have a history of following me around and being a weirdo.
Somalia's bread basket has become a dust bowl as the life-giving waters of the mighty Shabelle river run dry amid intense drought in the war-torn country.
River-fed farmlands have become parched playgrounds for children who kick footballs beneath a cloudless sky, as one sign among many of the failed rains that the United Nations warns has put more than a million people at risk.
Elders in the Lower and Middle Shabelle regions, where most people rely on farming for survival, said it is the first time in decades they have seen such water shortages in the river.
"I have never dreamt of finding myself walking inside the river," said Adow Amin, a resident in Afgoye town, just outside the capital Mogadishu, an area famous for its banana production.
"Can you imagine there is no water? The whole area looks like another place, I used to cross this river with a boat," he said.
Land here should be producing maize, bananas, sesame and other fruits and vegetables, with the once broad waters of the river a lifeline for thousands of Somali families.
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River-fed farmlands have become parched playgrounds for children who kick footballs beneath a cloudless sky, as one sign among many of the failed rains that the United Nations warns has put more than a million people at risk.
Elders in the Lower and Middle Shabelle regions, where most people rely on farming for survival, said it is the first time in decades they have seen such water shortages in the river.
"I have never dreamt of finding myself walking inside the river," said Adow Amin, a resident in Afgoye town, just outside the capital Mogadishu, an area famous for its banana production.
"Can you imagine there is no water? The whole area looks like another place, I used to cross this river with a boat," he said.
Land here should be producing maize, bananas, sesame and other fruits and vegetables, with the once broad waters of the river a lifeline for thousands of Somali families.
Rivers turn to dust as drought bites Somalia
Somalia's bread basket has become a dust bowl as the life-giving waters of the mighty Shabelle river run dry amid intense drought in the war-torn country.
The strangest thing is that Somalia always talks about drought but hardly anybody is talking about the real cause. These nomads clearly don't know that Ethiopia's dams are causing this.
For the first time in history, people are walking in areas that were formerly bodies of water.
For the first time in history, people are walking in areas that were formerly bodies of water.
The plan is to use the Dam for energy so Ethiopia controls HOA and the diverted water will be used to have mass farming in kilika shanaad. Kilika shanaad by then will be overtaken by Oromo and Amharic farmers. The dumb N&N are trading Somalia Sovereignty to relive the kacaan era but this time as Ethiopia dogs. Ethiopia is having a problem with tigray which is spiraling out of control and this is a good time for Djbouti Somaliland and Somalia to lay the final blow and come together as 3 countries to take over the economy and destiny of East Africa. But instead the N&N see us as their enemies and rather usher in the new era of HOA integration by crippling Somalia and picking fights with SL and now even Djibouti.
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Are the dams diverted?
If not how would this cause such an impact?
If not how would this cause such an impact?
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This is old news and genale dawa III is one of 22 dam planned on the rivers that go into Somalia.
The master plan, which was finalised in 2005, has also identified six large dams together generating 1 000 MW and with combined storage capacities of 10 371 Mm3 . The plans include also water supply for increasing and urbanizing population of 15 millions. According to the Ethiopian master plans in the Genale-Dawa River Basin, 10 medium and large scale schemes with over a million hectares of potential irrigable land areas were proposed for irrigation consuming a large amount of water available in the basin [10]. The master plan, which was presented in 2007, identified 22 dam projects for potential hydropower development.
Department of Land and Water Resources Engineering
Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
River Basin Management VII 139
The master plan, which was finalised in 2005, has also identified six large dams together generating 1 000 MW and with combined storage capacities of 10 371 Mm3 . The plans include also water supply for increasing and urbanizing population of 15 millions. According to the Ethiopian master plans in the Genale-Dawa River Basin, 10 medium and large scale schemes with over a million hectares of potential irrigable land areas were proposed for irrigation consuming a large amount of water available in the basin [10]. The master plan, which was presented in 2007, identified 22 dam projects for potential hydropower development.
Department of Land and Water Resources Engineering
Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
River Basin Management VII 139
They built a multi-purpose dam & hydropower station on the Dawa River.
All of a sudden, in recent years, coinciding with the building of this dam, there are major droughts in Somalia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawa_River#cite_note-Source_11-6
codewebsduh
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It would make sense if the system floods as well. Thus the water arrives later on afterwards.
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In times like this, we could all unite under our banners and make sure Somali economic development and its future isn't hindered or shaped by Ethiopia. Somalia, Djibouti, and Somalia all have a common goal which is the prosperity of our people. Maybe we all got the wrong interpretation of a Greater Somalia which was one nation but instead a custom union should've been the goal.
