The Daily Star Hagar al-Dosoki| Anadolu Agency CAIRO: Egyptian Irrigation Minister Hossam al-Moghazi downplayed Friday the negative effects on Egypt’s water supply of the ongoing construction of Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam, saying the first phase of construction would not cause any tangible harm to Egypt. “The results of additional studies will appear in March 2015, six months
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Bloomberg By William Davison Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan agreed to complete studies within six months on the impact of an Ethiopian hydropower dam on the main tributary of the Nile river after Egypt raised concern about water shortages. A committee of four experts from each nation will investigate the hydrological, social and environmental effects of the $4.2 billion Grand
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Ahram Online Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan’s irrigation ministers signed an agreement to conduct two studies to gauge the effects of Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam on its neighbouring countries, state-run news agency MENA reported on Tuesday. Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan agree on impact studies on Nile dam Studies will be carried out within the next six months
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AFP Khartoum (AFP) – Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia opened talks Monday to try to resolve a dispute over a hydro-electric dam being built by Addis Ababa on the Nile. Cairo fears that Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance dam project could diminish its water supply. “This will be a crucial and definitive meeting on a global solution to
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Ahram Online Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi (Photo: Reuters) President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi has said he is ready to go to Ethiopia if the visit would be in Egypt’s best interests. He made his remark during a meeting with media figures and journalists Sunday, when asked about the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. El-Sisi added that Egypt
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Aswat Masriya Cairo — Ministers of water resources of Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan will resume on Monday tripartite talks over Ethiopia’s Renaissance dam after an eight-months hiatus. The negotiations will be held in the Sudanese capital, reported the Middle East News Agency (MENA). Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi held talks with Ethiopia’s prime minister in
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Daily Monitor By NELSON WESONGA & FREDERIC MUSISI Correction His Excellency Ambassador Ahmed Abdel-Aziz Mostafa did not describe the opening of the Egyptian defense office in Kampala as a “rare” practice as stated in the report. It is a practice regulated by the 1963 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. The defense office is part and parcel
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Al Ahram Sudan’s water resources minister confirms talks between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan concerning Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam to take place on 25, 26 August Sudan’s water resources and power minister, Moussa Omar Abul-Kassem, confirmed in a statement on Monday that Sudan host tripartite talks with Ethiopia and Egypt concerning Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam on
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Ahram Online Egypt’s Irrigation Minister Hossam El-Moghazi told privately owned Mehwar channel that Egypt has a new “vision” regarding Ethiopia’s planned Grand Renaissance Dam ahead of another round of talks in the Sudanese capital. In a phone interview, El-Moghazi said the Egyptian delegation will head to Khartoum on 24 August for two days of discussions.
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World Bulletin/News Desk “Dialogue and understanding are the best way to resolve the crisis,” al-Sisi said in an interview with the state-run Al-Ahram daily on Saturday. “This is better than going into a dispute or an enmity with anyone,” he added. The former army chief, who led the army to unseat elected president Mohamed Morsi
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