Browsing by Author "Masipa, Moyahabo"

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    The capacity to mediate: the role of the African Union in the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam dispute between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan.
    (2023) Masipa, Moyahabo; Garba, Muhammed Faisal
    Watercourses and their importance to human life and development is evident in water's role in energy generation, agriculture, cultural practices and human sanitation. In light of an increasing climate change crisis and diminishing fresh water supply, a corresponding need has arisen for freshwater to meet the demands of an ever-industrialising population. Managing water resources across borders of any scale is challenging however transboundary basins present a specific challenge. In the absence of effective management and protection of water resources, there is an increased risk of a water scarce future. Research has largely focused on how a state's nocompliance to treaties and agreements have shaped the hydro-political realities of a given basin. However, little research has paid attention to the influence of institutional capacity of supranational organisation to effectively execute their mandate of peace and security within the realm of environmental disputes between states. At the level of the African Union these incapacities have become visibilised in the limited role as mediator in the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam dispute between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan. In this regard, the research investigates how the organisation's institutional capacities have affected its efficacy as a mediator in the transboundary water dispute. Using a critical institutionalist approach, the dissertation aims to understand how issues of capacity may influence the AU's ability to manage future water disputes beyond the GERD on the continent, given the lack of a coherent legal framework on the management and use of transboundary watercourses.