The Blue Nile Basin, a transboundary river basin between Ethiopia and Sudan, is used to illustrate the impacts of cooperation between riparian countries on the Water-Energy-Food nexus (WEF nexus).

Ethiopia's Energy Diplomacy refers to the strategic use of its energy resources--particularly hydropower--as a tool for advancing its national interests, regional cooperation, and foreign policy goals ...

Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda ... took no account of the other nations along the river basin that have been agitating for a more equitable accord.