Egyptian and Sudanese officials visit site of controversial Ethiopian dam in Ethiopia

Associated Press ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia –  The Ethiopian News Agency says Egypt’s irrigation minister has toured the site in western Ethiopia where the country is building a controversial dam on the Blue Nile River. The Ethiopian agency said Monday that Hossam El-Moughazi’s visit Sunday marked the first time that an Egyptian official has been able

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Technical panel convenes in Ethiopia on Nile dam

Anadolu Agency A tripartite technical committee tasked with studying Ethiopia’s mega-dam being built on the Nile River convened in Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on Saturday. The panel brings together four experts from Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan for talks on the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). The two-day meeting will discuss the date

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El-Sisi to discuss new Ethiopia dam with Desalegn in NY

Ahram Online Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi is expected to discuss Ethiopia’s new dam project with the country’s premier during UN General Assembly meetings in New York later this month. Irrigation Minister Hossam Moghazi said on Sunday that El-Sisi was also expected to visit Addis Ababa soon for further talks on the matter with Ethiopian Prime

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Egyptian and Sudanese water ministers are scheduled to visit GERD on September 22

World Bulletin/News Desk Speaker of the Sudanese Parliament al-Fatih Izz al-Din has left for Benishangul-Gumuz regional state to visit the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a Sudanese diplomat said on Sunday. “Speaker al-Fatih Izz al-Din is the first foreign high official to visit the dam,” the diplomat told Anadolu Agency. He said

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Egyptian and Sudanese water ministers are scheduled to visit GERD on September 22

World Bulletin/News Desk Speaker of the Sudanese Parliament al-Fatih Izz al-Din has left for Benishangul-Gumuz regional state to visit the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a Sudanese diplomat said on Sunday. “Speaker al-Fatih Izz al-Din is the first foreign high official to visit the dam,” the diplomat told Anadolu Agency. He said

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Sisi to visit Ethiopia

Anadolu Agency Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi will visit Ethiopia at an invitation from Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn, a diplomatic source said on Thursday. “The visit, which will be Sisi’s first to Addis Ababa, the seat of the African Union, will help improve the existing relation between Ethiopia and Egypt,” the  source,  who spoke on

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Egypt’s FM flies to Ethiopia on Thursday for dam talks

Ahram Online Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry is to visit Addis Ababa on Thursday for further Grand Renaissance Dam talks. Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry is set to visit Addis Ababa on Thursday for further talks on Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam, a diplomatic source told Ahram Online on Tuesday. According to the source, Shoukry will

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Analysis of the Fourth Tripartite Meeting on the Renaissance Dam

Sudan Vision By Dr. Salman Mohamed Ahmed Salman KHARTOUM (SUDANOW)—A fourth tripartite meeting of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan on the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam was held in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Monday-Tuesday, August 25-26, 2014. The Egyptian delegation was led by the new Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources, Dr. Husam al-Dinn Maghazy, the Sudanese

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Analysis of the Fourth Tripartite Meeting on the Renaissance Dam

Sudan Vision By Dr. Salman Mohamed Ahmed Salman KHARTOUM (SUDANOW)—A fourth tripartite meeting of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan on the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam was held in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Monday-Tuesday, August 25-26, 2014. The Egyptian delegation was led by the new Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources, Dr. Husam al-Dinn Maghazy, the Sudanese

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Ethiopia pledges not to harm Egyptian shares of Nile water

Geeska Afrika Egypt_sisi Photo:  The Egyptian government is leaning toward adopting new policies aimed at resolving its dispute with Ethiopia concerning its Renaissance Dam project. Khartoum (HAN) September 1st, 2014 – Diplomacy and regional water Security. Ethiopian pledges not to harm Egypt’s share of Nile water. Egyptian Irrigation Minister Hossam al-Moghazi downplayed Friday the negative

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