Egypt, Afghanistan, Iran... The New Water War has begun

Egypt is building a new Pharaonic project: the creation of the world’s largest artificial river. The aim? To transform 9200 km2 of desert into a new delta, in order to considerably increase its agricultural area. Since 2015, Egypt has already gained 5,000 km2 of arable land from the desert, but this is still not enough to achieve food self-sufficiency. That’s why, in March 2021, President Al-Sissi announced the creation of the new delta and the world’s largest artificial river, to irrigate over 9,000 km² of new farmland. However, the country is threatened further south by another megaproject, more than 2,000 km away, the Renaissance Dam in Ethiopia. To make this giant project work, the country has to fill a gigantic 74 km3 reservoir by interrupting the course of the Blue Nile. And that’s where things get complicated, as the river flows downstream towards Sudan and Egypt. Along with the White Nile, it is one of the Nile’s two main tributaries, supplying almost 60% of the Nile’s downstream flow. For Egypt, already in desperate need of water, this is a major concern and a terrible threat to its livelihood. Finally, in the second part of this video, we’ll look at a project similar to the new delta in Afghanistan, with the construction of an immense 285 km canal. The Qosh Tepa Canal is to be built by the Taliban in northern Afghanistan to divert water from the Amu Darya. Construction is due to start in March 2022. According to the Taliban, the project will convert 550,000 hectares of desert into farmland. The project should boost the country’s economic growth and make it agriculturally self-sufficient. Looking 4 also continues on Discord and Instagram 👇 Instagram of the channel 👇 The Discord link to exchange with the Looking 4 community 👇 For more videos, feel free to subscribe to the channel just below 👇 Some images are from Beautiful Destinations, Migir, Futurology, Wilo Group, The Arab Contractors Company, @FDPM_AFG, Drone Snap, Les Echos, DW, TV5 Monde, France 24, CGTN Français, RCTWS, Unik, RealLifeLore, BBC News, Ezat Hotak, AFGHAN MIRROR, ATN News, Mohammad Ehsani, moneycontrol, Wion, Aljazeera, Thanks to them! For any Copyright issues, please reach out to us first before filing a claim with YouTube. Send us a message or email detailing your concerns and we’ll make sure the matter is resolved immediately. All contact details in our channel’s “About“ page! Please consider “fair use“ before filing a claim. Thank You! 📽 My other royalty free images and music.👇 ✔ #construction #architecture # 00:00 Introduction 00:41 Egypt’s demographic situation 01:22 The New Delta project and the world’s largest artificial river 04:36 The threat of the Great Renaissance Dam 05:59 A final filling of the reservoir causes tensions between Ethiopia and Egypt 07:05 The Qosh Tepa canal in Afghanistan 08:05 A canal that raises cross-border tensions 08:55 Serious repercussions on agriculture in downstream countries and on the Aral Sea 10:25 High water tensions between Afghanistan and Iran 11:21 Border conflict between Afghanistan and Iran 2023 Looking 4 (En) | All rights reserved.