Sudan Tribune (CAIRO) – Ethiopia’s minister of water and energy Motuma Mekasa said the French and Dutch consultants have failed to come up with a common guideline to implement the technical studies for the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Mekasa, who addressed the opening session of the tripartite national technical committee on GERD in Cairo
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Ahram Online Ethiopia stalls negotiations with Egypt and Sudan over Renaissance Dam Egypt shares its citizens’ concerns regarding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) that is expected to affect Egypt’s annual share of Nile water, Irrigation Minister Hossam Moghazi said on Monday. Moghazi said in a press conference on the sidelines of his inspection visit
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Future of negotiations remains unclear as Ethiopia asks to postpone the tripartite meeting of 4 October Ahram Online A tripartite meeting that was supposed to be held in Egypt on Sunday has been postponed upon the request of Addis Ababa in the latest setback to efforts to reach a compromise over Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam. Egypt
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By JOHN H. LIENHARD V and KENNETH M. STRZEPEK CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — On the Blue Nile in Ethiopia, construction is underway on a public works project of gigantic physical proportions and exquisite political delicacy. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, now about halfway finished, amounts to a test: With water becoming precious enough to be the
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CAIRO: Egypt denied Thursday media reports claiming that the reservoir of Ethiopia’s controversial Renaissance Dam is being filled with Nile water and has caused water shortages in Egypt’s major cities. Egyptian Minister of Irrigation Hossam Moghazy said Wednesday in a statement that the ministry is following up construction works of the Ethiopian Dam and confirmed
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Dutch consultancy firm Deltares has decided not to participate in studies related to the assessment of the Ethiopian Grand Renaissance Dam. In an email to Ahram Hebdo, the consultancy firm said it concluded that the conditions imposed by the Tripartite National Committee (TNC), which includes representatives from Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia, and the French consultancy
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Source: Al Ahram, By Menna Alaa El-Din A deadline for the foreign consultancy firms to finalise their report on the dam will be decided when the tripartite committee meets later this week Egypt’s Minister of Irrigation, Hossam Moghazi, said on Monday that the tripartite committee for Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam will meet on 20 and 21
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CAIRO — Studies analyzing the effects of the proposed Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam were due six months ago, but the parties involved have yet to agree on how consultants should even approach the studies. Author Walaa Hussein Persisting differences among Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan keep delaying the studies, which Egypt hopes will prove that the
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Studies by international consultant reveal GERD’s social, economic and environmental threats on Egypt and Sudan Egypt’s Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources received on Monday two international studies on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). The two studies were conducted by two European offices, one in the Netherlands and one in France, and thoroughly outlined
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CAIRO: The Ministry of Youth will host 100 young Ethiopian men and women for a camp held in Cairo in September in the framework of Egypt’s strategy to strengthen ties with Nile Basin states, Youm 7 reported Monday. The camp’s program includes cultural sightseeing activities in Cairo and Alexandria; most notably visiting the Giza pyramids,
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