01 April 2014 Al-Monitor Author Ayah Aman CAIRO — Egypt is continuing to develop relations with South Sudan in an effort to protect Egyptian water interests within its borders, through which the White Nile flows. This comes at a time when the dispute between…
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Monday, March 31, 2014 Turkish Press CAIRO – Egyptian authorities have drawn up a committee to issue recommendations with the aim of allowing international arbitration over Ethiopia’s multibillion-dollar hydroelectric dam project currently being built on the Nile’s upper reaches, Egypt’s…
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March 27, 2014 BBC News profiles the man some are calling Egypt’s president-in-waiting Egypt’s new armed forces chief and defence minister has been sworn in, a day after Abdul Fattah al-Sisi resigned so he could stand for the presidency. Interim…
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26 March 2014 Al-Monitor A general view shows construction activity on the Grand Renaissance Dam in Guba Woreda, Benishangul Gumuz region, March 16, 2014. (photo by REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri) The Specialized National Councils in Egypt filed an important report to the presidency, including a…
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26 March 2014 BBC BBC News profiles the man some are calling Egypt’s president-in-waiting Field Marshal Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has announced that he has resigned as Egypt’s military chief in order to stand for the presidency. He made the widely…
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Ahram Online 24 March 2014 Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs Nabil Fahmy told the Kuwaiti News Agency KUNA Saturday that Egypt will not accept procrastination in negotiations with Ethiopia regarding the Nile water. “There is no solution to Egypt’s Nile…
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Sunday, 23 March 2014 Somalilandsun – A water expert from the AUC university in Cairo has confirmed that Ethiopia’s hydroelectric dam will not hurt Egypt’s share of the Nile waters. According to the Egypt-based water resource management specialist Richard…
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Ahram Online Sunday 23 Mar 2014 Egypt’s Coptic Pope Tawadros II (Photo: AP) Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II has said Field Marshal Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi has a “national duty” to stand for president in upcoming polls. “Egyptians see him as…
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21 March 2014 BBC Ethiopia is pressing ahead with construction of a major new dam on the River Nile, despite stiff opposition from Egypt. BBC correspondents in both countries report from both sides of an increasingly bitter water dispute. By…
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INTER PRESS SERVICE News Agency By Cam McGrath Houseboats line the Nile bank in Cairo. Some 85 million Egyptians depend on the Nile for water. Credit: Cam McGrath/IPS. CAIRO, Mar 21 2014 (IPS) - When Egypt’s then-president Mohamed Morsi said in June…
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