“We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.” This quote, widely attributed to Martin Luther King Jr., reminds us that humanity is interdependent; when neighbors are ignored, all suffer. Our elders understood this long before modern civilization; in Somali we say, “Nabadda waa furaha nolol wanaagsan, waana jidka kaliya ee daris lagu noqdo,” meaning “Peace is the key to a good life, and it is the only path to being a true neighbor.” Ethiopia would do well to remember this lesson in the context of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. By disregarding the voices of Egypt and Sudan, it risks turning a shared lifeline into a source of conflict. Shared rivers demand, shared responsibility otherwise, we all lose. Read more