Turkish Press March 13, 2014 ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopia’s multibillion-dollar hydroelectric dam project will become partially-operational by September 2015, according to Zadig Abraha, head of the project’s supervisory committee. Initially, Abraha added, the mega-dam will be able to produce 750…
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03 / 12 / 14 Cairopost By BISHOY RAMZY CAIRO: As Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam continues to stir concern among Egyptians, many experts say the government should take steps to reach a compromise with Ethiopia, while others blame what they describe…
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By Lauren Everitt, BBC March 11, 2014 A new report from researchers at Oxford University argues that large dams are a risky investment – soaring past projected budgets, drowning emerging economies in debt and failing to deliver promised benefits .…
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09 March 2014 By Brooke Kantor, Harvard Political Review The Aswan Dam Water and energy are two central issues to people of the Middle East and North Africa. They have remained at the top of governments’ agendas, enduring regime changes, military…
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By KEITH JOHNSON 09 March 2014 WASHINGTON: Egypt’s musical-chairs government faces enough challenges. So why is a construction project almost 1,800 miles from Cairo provoking fears over Egypt’s national survival? Egypt and Ethiopia are butting heads over the Great Ethiopian…
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Sat, 08/03/2014 AFP Al-Masry Al-Youm Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy gave Ethiopia the harshest Egyptian warning to Ethiopia in relation to the dispute over Adis Ababa’s dam on the Nile River. In an interview with Tahrir satellite channel late Friday,…
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March 7th, 2014 Egypt’s musical-chairs government faces enough challenges. So why is a construction project almost 1,800 miles from Cairo provoking fears over Egypt’s national survival? Egypt and Ethiopia are butting heads over the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, a $4…
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Friday, March 07, 2014 ADDIS ABABA – Israeli Agriculture Minister Yair Shamir has voiced Israel`s readiness to assist Egypt and Ethiopia reach agreement over the latter`s construction of a multibillion-dollar hydroelectric dam on the Nile River. According to Ethiopia`s state-run…
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EGYPT PULSE 06 March 2014 The Blue Nile flows into Ethiopia’s Great Renaissance Dam in Guba Woreda in Ehthiopia, June 28, 2013. (photo by REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri) CAIRO — Egypt is considering preparing a formal request for Gulf mediation under the leadership of…
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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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