Egyptian and Sudanese water ministers are scheduled to visit GERD on September 22

World Bulletin/News Desk Speaker of the Sudanese Parliament al-Fatih Izz al-Din has left for Benishangul-Gumuz regional state to visit the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a Sudanese diplomat said on Sunday. “Speaker al-Fatih Izz al-Din is the first foreign high official to visit the dam,” the diplomat told Anadolu Agency. He said

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Sisi to visit Ethiopia

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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Egypt’s FM flies to Ethiopia on Thursday for dam talks

Ahram Online Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry is to visit Addis Ababa on Thursday for further Grand Renaissance Dam talks. Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry is set to visit Addis Ababa on Thursday for further talks on Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam, a diplomatic source told Ahram Online on Tuesday. According to the source, Shoukry will

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Analysis of the Fourth Tripartite Meeting on the Renaissance Dam

Sudan Vision By Dr. Salman Mohamed Ahmed Salman KHARTOUM (SUDANOW)—A fourth tripartite meeting of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan on the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam was held in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Monday-Tuesday, August 25-26, 2014. The Egyptian delegation was led by the new Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources, Dr. Husam al-Dinn Maghazy, the Sudanese

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Analysis of the Fourth Tripartite Meeting on the Renaissance Dam

Sudan Vision By Dr. Salman Mohamed Ahmed Salman KHARTOUM (SUDANOW)—A fourth tripartite meeting of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan on the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam was held in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Monday-Tuesday, August 25-26, 2014. The Egyptian delegation was led by the new Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources, Dr. Husam al-Dinn Maghazy, the Sudanese

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Ethiopia pledges not to harm Egyptian shares of Nile water

Geeska Afrika Egypt_sisi Photo:  The Egyptian government is leaning toward adopting new policies aimed at resolving its dispute with Ethiopia concerning its Renaissance Dam project. Khartoum (HAN) September 1st, 2014 – Diplomacy and regional water Security. Ethiopian pledges not to harm Egypt’s share of Nile water. Egyptian Irrigation Minister Hossam al-Moghazi downplayed Friday the negative

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Egypt minister downplays effects of Ethiopia dam

The Daily Star Hagar al-Dosoki| Anadolu Agency CAIRO: Egyptian Irrigation Minister Hossam al-Moghazi downplayed Friday the negative effects on Egypt’s water supply of the ongoing construction of Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam, saying the first phase of construction would not cause any tangible harm to Egypt. “The results of additional studies will appear in March 2015, six months

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Egypt, Sudan Agree to Six-Month Study of Ethiopia Hydropower Dam

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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Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan agree on a new impact studies on Renaissance dam

Ahram Online Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan’s irrigation ministers signed an agreement to conduct two studies to gauge the effects of Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam on its neighbouring countries, state-run news agency MENA reported on Tuesday. Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan agree on impact studies on Nile dam Studies will be carried out within the next six months

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Sudan hosts talks on Ethiopian Nile dam row

AFP  Khartoum (AFP) – Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia opened talks Monday to try to resolve a dispute over a hydro-electric dam being built by Addis Ababa on the Nile. Cairo fears that Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance dam project could diminish its water supply. “This will be a crucial and definitive meeting on a global solution to

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