On the fringes of the African economic summit in Sharm El-Sheikh, Cairo, Addis Ababa and Khartoum move to cement economic and political coordination between the three Nile nations. Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, Sudanese President Omar El-Bashir, and Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn agreed Wednesday to form a supreme council for mutual economic and political issues.
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The tripartite committee on the Ethiopian Grand Renaissance Dam will meet on June 10 with international consultants who will be tasked with technical studies of the dam, Egypt’s Irrigation and Water Resources Minister has said. Minister Hossam Moghazy said in press statements on Monday that the committee comprising of officials from Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia,
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ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan have picked two firms to carry out studies on the potential impact of Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam on the flow of the Nile, an Egyptian official said. The leaders of the three countries signed a co-operation deal in Khartoum in March that paved the way for a
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By Teshome Abebe “It is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.” Those were the admonitions of philosopher and mathematician W.K. Clifford. I hesitated commenting on the just concluded agreement on the declaration of principles between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan concerning the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) precisely because there
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Despite fears of disruption to the Nile’s flow, Egypt agreed to continue negotiations on Ethiopia’s $4.8 billion Grand Renaissance dam. By Johnny Magdaleno ADDIS ABABA, A new agreement between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan on a controversial Ethiopian hydroelectric dam is a diplomatic breakthrough that supporters say could fuel economic development in the Nile basin. Egyptian
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Despite fears of disruption to the Nile’s flow, Egypt agreed to continue negotiations on Ethiopia’s $4.8 billion Grand Renaissance dam. By Johnny Magdaleno ADDIS ABABA, A new agreement between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan on a controversial Ethiopian hydroelectric dam is a diplomatic breakthrough that supporters say could fuel economic development in the Nile basin. Egyptian
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By Peter Saramba Ongiri ARUSHA, Tanzania (AA) – Tanzania’s National Assembly on Thursday endorsed a treaty signed in 2010 by upstream Nile Basin countries commonly known as the Entebbe Agreement. The Comprehensive Framework Agreement (CFA) was passed unanimously in a televised session of parliament. Following a presentation by Water Minister Jumanne Maghembe, Lediana Mng’ong’o, who
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By Gregory Warner, NPR The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is under construction near Assosa, Ethiopia. When it’s completed, the dam will have be able to produce 6,000 megawatts of electricity, making it the biggest hydroelectric power station in Africa. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is under construction near Assosa, Ethiopia. When it’s completed, the dam
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el- Sissi on Wednesday urged Ethiopia’s leaders to put aside “centuries of mistrust” and cooperate on sharing Nile River waters as Ethiopia presses ahead with the construction of a massive new dam. El-Sissi, in Ethiopia on a three-day official visit, said in an address to Ethiopia’s parliament
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Political analyst sees declaration as a step towards new relations with Ethiopia, but former water minister slams it for threatening Egypt’s share of Nile water By Hana Afifi Egyptian experts are divided in their reactions to Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia on Monday signing a declaration of principles over Ethiopia building the Renaissance Dam on the
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