By Nigel Wilson Egypt’s foreign minister (IB Times)-Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan are set for key talks on the next stage of Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam, amid concerns over the potential impact downstream. Water and irrigation ministers from the three countries are due to meet in Cairo to select a consultancy body that would oversee the
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Anadolu Agency Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi will visit Ethiopia at an invitation from Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn, a diplomatic source said on Thursday. “The visit, which will be Sisi’s first to Addis Ababa, the seat of the African Union, will help improve the existing relation between Ethiopia and Egypt,” the source, who spoke on
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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 Representatives from Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan will meet in Khartoum in mid-August to discuss Ethiopia’s ongoing Nile dam project, a source in Egypt’s irrigation ministry told Al-Ahram’s Arabic news website. The focus of the meeting will be to discuss critical points from a report issued by the tripartite committee last year on the
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Daily News Egypt By Ali Omar Egyptian FM calls agreement “new chapter” in relationship between the two countries Egypt and Ethiopia agreed Thursday to form a joint committee within three months to streamline discussions on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), the countries’ Foreign Ministers announced in a joint statement. Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry
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By Ramadan Al Sherbini Gulf News Cairo: Egypt and Ethiopia are making serious efforts to defuse tensions that have marred the two African countries’ relations for more than a year, experts said. Egypt’s new President Abdul Fattah Al Sissi signalled a thaw in ties with Addis Ababa earlier this week when he said in an
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Thursday, March 27, 2014 ADDIS ABABA – An Ethiopian foreign ministry spokesman has lashed out at longstanding rival Eritrea, accusing the latter of destabilizing the East Africa region, while also blasting Egypt for the latter’s “malicious” media campaign against Ethiopia’s…
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Egypt State Information Service 21 MARCH 2014 The Supreme Committee for the Nile Water will convene during the next week under Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb to discuss the Nile water issue and Egyptian action towards settling the crisis of the…
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Mar 6, 2014 Former Minister of Irrigation Mohamed Nasr El-Deen said in a press conference that Egypt is not being proactive enough about the risks of the Ethiopian Grand Renaissance Dam. The conference took place Wednesday in Cairo, organised by…
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By Ahmed El Jechtimi March 5, 2014 Amid deep political turmoil, there is a mounting concern in Egypt as Ethiopia forges ahead with its plan to build the $4.8 billion Grand Renaissance Dam on the Nile’s main tributary. The hydroelectric dam,…
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