By Harry Verhoeven Worldpoliticsreview Photo: The Nile River and delta as seen from space (NASA photo by Jacques Descloitres). If the past century’s dominant image of Ethiopia was that of an impoverished, war-torn state, epitomized by the horrendous 1984-1985 famine in Tigray and Wollo provinces, the early 21st-century picture of the country is surely exemplified by the construction
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By Harry Verhoeven Worldpoliticsreview Photo: The Nile River and delta as seen from space (NASA photo by Jacques Descloitres). If the past century’s dominant image of Ethiopia was that of an impoverished, war-torn state, epitomized by the horrendous 1984-1985 famine in Tigray and Wollo provinces, the early 21st-century picture of the country is surely exemplified by the construction
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Ahram Online Egypt’s Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy met on Wednesday with his Ethiopian counterpart Tedros Adhanom to discuss bilateral relations between the two countries and issues related to Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam, Al-Ahram’s Arabic news website reported. The two ministers met in Algeria while attending the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit that took place on 26-29
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BBC Sisi supporters celebrate in Tahrir Square The BBC’s Orla Guerin: “The problem for Sisi is that a large number of voters stayed away” Former military chief Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has won an overwhelming victory in Egypt’s presidential election, according to provisional results. He gained more than 93% of the vote with ballots from most
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By Menna Zaki Daily News Egypt Tanzanian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Bernard Member plans to meet with foreign ministers of the Nile Basin countries in July to discuss amendments to the Entebbe Agreement over the allocation of Nile water, the minister announced in a Wednesday statement. He added that discussions would take
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Sudan Tribune Egypt’s presidential front runner Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi said he would be keen to resolve the long running Nile water dispute with Ethiopia through dialogue if he is elected as the new president of the North African nation. Al-Sisi said he was ready to visit Ethiopia for talks over the massive hydro plant project the
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By Hend Kortam Daily News Egypt Egyptian foreign ministry says no explanation was provided by the Ethiopian side and demanded one ShareThis Facebook Tweet Print Email Egyptian citizen Hamdy Al-Anany was deported from Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, an incident which prompted the Egyptian Foreign Ministry to express “deep regrets”, in a statement on Sunday, and demand an
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Al-monitor Author Ayah Aman Translator(s)Kamal Fayad CAIRO — The Egyptian government is leaning toward adopting new policies aimed at resolving its dispute with Ethiopia concerning its Renaissance Dam project. Egyptian officials and technical experts have espoused a calmer rhetoric calling for the adoption of good-faith policies and the advancement of mutual interests. This is despite the lack
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By Wissam Keyrouz AFP AFP/Mohamed el-Shahed – A motor boat, moored on the River Nile in Cairo, is plastered with images of Egyptian ex-army chief and leading presidential candidate Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, on May 21, 2014 Leading Gulf monarchies are staunchly backing Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, Egypt’s presidential frontrunner, in the hope that their generous financial help
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Egypt State Information Service Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Mohamed Abdel Mutalib said on Thursday 22/05/2014 that his ministry is now establishing some 52-million-dollar projects in the Nile Basin countries. These projects include drilling wells, establishing hydraulic research laboratories and training technical cadres there, the Minister said. According to a report received by the
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