CAIRO – Egypt and Ethiopia are expected to sign a political declaration by this end of this month regarding the Nile river water and a controversial Ethiopian dam, Egyptian political sources have said. “The political declaration will be signed by leaders of Egypt and Ethiopia on the sidelines of the African Summit, due to be
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CAIRO – Egypt and Ethiopia are expected to sign a political declaration by this end of this month regarding the Nile river water and a controversial Ethiopian dam, Egyptian political sources have said. “The political declaration will be signed by leaders of Egypt and Ethiopia on the sidelines of the African Summit, due to be
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CAIRO – Egypt and Ethiopia are expected to sign a political declaration by this end of this month regarding the Nile river water and a controversial Ethiopian dam, Egyptian political sources have said. “The political declaration will be signed by leaders of Egypt and Ethiopia on the sidelines of the African Summit, due to be
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CAIRO – Egypt and Ethiopia are expected to sign a political declaration by this end of this month regarding the Nile river water and a controversial Ethiopian dam, Egyptian political sources have said. “The political declaration will be signed by leaders of Egypt and Ethiopia on the sidelines of the African Summit, due to be
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Ethiopia’s dam projects pose a grave threat to Egypt’s water security, writes By Maghawry Shehata Ethiopia has 12 river basins with a combined flow of 130 billion cubic metres per year. The country also sits atop vast subterranean water reserves. This huge water wealth needs to be wisely managed and used to support development. Towards
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President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met on Monday, Abune Matthias, the Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church who is visiting Egypt. Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Fayza Aboul Naga, the presidential national security adviser, attended the meeting. Presidential spokesperson Alaa Youssef said President Sisi stressed that Egypt hopes the people of Ethiopia achieve development and
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Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia facing negotiation difficulties, says irrigation minister advisor Egypt rejected the current the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam’s (GERD) high storage capacity, as studies showed it will affect its national water security, reported state-owned Middle East News Agency (MENA) Sunday. The dam’s storage capacity reaches 74bn cubic meters. Calling such capacity “unjustified and
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Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb and other seven ministers and a number of media hosts, journalists and artists signed Monday a document pledging to protect the Nile water. “In light of the fierce attack against the Nile River which is the lifeline for Egyptians and the gift of their presence, and out of respect for the
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Al Ahram President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi is to fly to Ethiopia for the African Union Summit after visiting Kuwait to discuss bilateral relations Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi is scheduled to visit Ethiopia and Kuwait in January, presidency spokesman Alaa Youssef said in separate statements Sunday. El-Sisi will attend the 24th African Union Summit that will open
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By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA, Jan 1 (Reuters) – A much-delayed $1.8 billion dam project under construction along Ethiopia’s Omo river could begin generating power by June and be fully operational by early 2016, an official said on Thursday. Gilgel Gibe 3 will nearly double the country’s energy output, helping to resolve chronic power outages
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