The government needs to have an agreement with Ethiopia & the Somali region of the amount of water to hold back, Those damns could also be beneficial to Somalia as they will stop flooding. And they benefit our Somali people in the the Western Regions.(Dowlad Deeganka Somaliyeed)
First of all the USA has made it clear Ethiopia can do what it likes as far as its concerned. There will be no internaitonal pressure on Ethiopia. Sec Pompeo made that clear.
Secondly, with USA's blessing Ethiopia has indicated it will not sign any agreements with downstream countries, because it's not in its own interests. They will just pretend to negotiate, while continuing to build dams regardless.
Finally, the benefit of flood management (once in 10 year event) is way over stated. The effects of multiple dams on the Jubba, Shabelle and Dawa rivers inside Ethiopia, will without question be overwhelmingly negative, devastating even, for South Somalia.
Partly because the effect of reduced water flow, as there will be little to no water flowing in the Shabelle and Jubba rivers during the drier months, which will be devestating for South-Central Somalia. The loss of agricultural output in these months will far exceed any benefits from flood management. Partly because the demand for water in Ethiopia will increase exponentially in future years as they plan to use the water IN FULL for irrigating industrial scale plantations (sugar, cotton, soy etc). Leaving no water to release to downstream countries like Somalia.
But also because building dams stops the natural process whereby fertile soil is washed down to South Somalia from the Somali Region of Ethiopia. Which used to fertilise the land naturally, meaning that fertility of South Somalia will decrease and land will become more sterile and less productive. Flooding of rivers is a natural part of water basin systems. People plant on the flood plains and then get agricultural products growing from there when the water recedes. If you dam the water, you lose this.
Watch my words: if the dam building continues at this rate, there will be famine in South Somalia on a regular basis in future decades. This is an existential threat to South Somalia. But instead of Farmaajo's so-called 'federal government' addressing this existential national securrity crises, they foolishly obsess over Somaliland because of their cuqdad against us, instead of their real enemy. Karma is a bitch