# Ethiopia forms committee to assess claims over Nile projects > The water and energy minister said a national committee would assess claimed losses and foregone development opportunities associated with more than 22 Nile projects. - Canonical URL: https://newsverum.com/en/news/ethiopia-forms-committee-to-assess-nile-project-loss-claims - Publisher: Newsverum - Section: Government - Country: Ethiopia - Published: 2026-10-06T17:11:49+00:00 - Updated: 2026-10-07T00:56:49+03:00 - Event / data period: 2026-10-01 - Other editions: [Türkçe](https://newsverum.com/tr/news/ethiopia-forms-committee-to-assess-nile-project-loss-claims.md), [العربية](https://newsverum.com/ar/news/ethiopia-forms-committee-to-assess-nile-project-loss-claims.md), [Français](https://newsverum.com/fr/news/ethiopia-forms-committee-to-assess-nile-project-loss-claims.md), [Español](https://newsverum.com/es/news/ethiopia-forms-committee-to-assess-nile-project-loss-claims.md), [Deutsch](https://newsverum.com/de/news/ethiopia-forms-committee-to-assess-nile-project-loss-claims.md), [Português](https://newsverum.com/pt/news/ethiopia-forms-committee-to-assess-nile-project-loss-claims.md) Ethiopia's Water and Energy Minister Habtamu Itefa said on 1 October that a national committee had been formed to assess economic losses and foregone development opportunities linked to Nile water projects. In an interview with ENA, he said the committee had identified more than 22 projects, including the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, and was compiling evidence related to the claims. Itefa said the assessment involved experts, former ministers, advisers and legal professionals. The committee would examine claims of project obstruction as well as Ethiopia's conservation and water-management contributions, he said, describing negotiation and mutual understanding as the preferred path. The allegation that Egypt obstructed projects is reported as the minister's claim, not as an independently verified finding. ## Data ### Ethiopia forms committee to assess Nile project loss claims Scope of the committee's work as described by Water and Energy Minister Habtamu Itefa in an ENA interview. Methodology: Statements are attributed to the minister. The government's claim that Egypt obstructed projects is not presented as an independently verified finding. | Committee detail | Reported information | |---|---| | Projects identified so far | More than 22, according to the minister; the GERD was among those named | | Assessment participants named by the minister | Experts, former ministers, advisers and legal professionals | | Work described | Compile evidence on projects and examine the basis for Ethiopia's compensation claims | | Preferred approach described | Negotiation and mutual understanding | Sources: · Download data: [JSON](https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/ethiopia-forms-committee-to-assess-nile-project-loss-claims/data/ethiopia-nile-water-project-committee-remit-2026?lang=en&format=json) · [CSV](https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/ethiopia-forms-committee-to-assess-nile-project-loss-claims/data/ethiopia-nile-water-project-committee-remit-2026?lang=en&format=csv) ## Sources - [Ethiopian News Agency, exclusive interview with Water and Energy Minister Habtamu Itefa]() (Source checked: 2026-10-06; Published: 2026-10-01) ## Correction history - 2026-10-07T00:56:49+03:00: German and Portuguese editions and translations of the data and correction explanations have been added to this article. --- Cite the canonical URL above. [Editorial standards and corrections](https://newsverum.com/en/editorial)