Analysis: With both sides having abandoned the diplomatic track and Ethiopia preparing for a fifth filling of the dam, will tensions rise?
![Abiy Ahmed announced the third filling of the dam [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/2022-08/GettyImages-1323359369.jpg?h=bd5a9935&itok=WhJBnIpa)
![Sisi said Egyptians "shouldn't worry too much" about Ethiopia's dam [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/2021-07/GettyImages-1097928060.jpg?h=69f2b9d0&itok=ixEstlb0)
![Arab Foreign Ministers take part in their 153rd annual session at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, on 4 March, 2020. [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/2021-06/GettyImages-1205049588.jpg?h=199d8c1f&itok=35i-E69y)
![Tank belonging to Tigray forces. [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/media/images/DF4939DD-2786-44D8-85C1-71EB2B57F49A.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=P7AOF6Bw "Tank belonging to Tigray forces. [Getty]")
![Ehtiopia Nile Dam Satellite Image [Copernicus Sentinel/Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/media/images/9101E44B-3BEE-4961-95F2-D24C3A6F424D.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=EDNMmrFj "Ehtiopia Nile Dam Satellite Image [Copernicus Sentinel/Getty]")
