Analysis: With both sides having abandoned the diplomatic track and Ethiopia preparing for a fifth filling of the dam, will tensions rise?
![Egypt fears Ethiopia's mega-dam will deprive it of life giving water [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/2023-12/GettyImages-1238666514.jpg?h=199d8c1f&itok=DhppzVJH)
![Sisi and Kiir met in Cairo [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/2021-10/GettyImages-1083886952.jpg?h=7f4c03d2&itok=yk21hQSV)
![Self-exiled Egyptian businessman and anti-regime activist Mohamed Ali has been instrumental in organising the latest protest against the Al-Sisi [Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/2021-09/GettyImages-1177864135.jpg?h=199d8c1f&itok=xQIkLNJs)
![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)
![Ethiopia's filling of the Renaissance Dam has been met with bitter opposition in Sudan [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/2021-07/GettyImages-1233449287.jpg?h=199d8c1f&itok=M9BUyieb)
![Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/media/images/3C94F3C0-ABF3-47DE-8E1D-DE4109CE74C2.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=l2Y35fvQ "Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam [Getty]")