Ethiopia PM cites major shift from Egypt on Nile dam

The Daily Star Addis Getachew ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn said Monday that Egypt has shown a major shift of stance toward its controversial multibillion-dollar hydroelectric dam being built on the upper reaches of the Nile. “Ethiopia welcomes the recent shift in stance demonstrated by the new egyptian leadership,” Desalegn told the parliament, hinting at a new chapter

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Ethiopia, Sudan agree on holding tripartite meeting over Renaissance Dam

Anadolu Agency Ethiopian-informed diplomatic sources said on Saturday that Addis Ababa agreed on holding a tripartite meeting between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia to tackle the Renaissance Dam project. Talks are still ongoing over possibility of holding the meeting between Cairo or Khartoum.   Each of Ethiopia and Sudan agreed in principle on holding the preparatory

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Ethiopian Dam tripartite committee to meet soon in Cairo

Ahram Online A tripartite committee is to meet soon in Cairo to resume negotiations over Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam, state news agency MENA reported on Tuesday. Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn announced last week after their meeting in Equatorial Guinea’s capital of Malabo that the committee will resume work after it was

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Ethiopian Dam tripartite committee to meet soon in Cairo

Ahram Online A tripartite committee is to meet soon in Cairo to resume negotiations over Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam, state news agency MENA reported on Tuesday. Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn announced last week after their meeting in Equatorial Guinea’s capital of Malabo that the committee will resume work after it was

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Egypt, Ethiopia to form joint committee on Renaissance Dam

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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Ministers feud may prevent Tanzania from signing the Entebbe agreement

The EastAfrican By Emmanuel Muga Tanzania’s Foreign Minister Bernard Membe has dismissed suggestions by the his Water colleague, Prof Jumanne Maghembe, that the country will ratify the Nile Basin Treaty in November. “I am the foreign minister; you should know that foreign ministers the world over take precedence on foreign issues over other ministers,” Mr

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Egypt and Ethiopia agree that tripartite dam committee will resume its work

Ahram Online The Egyptian foreign minister along with his Ethiopian counterpart stressed that Ethiopia will understand the importance of the Nile River to Egypt and that Egypt will understand the Ethiopian need for development Egypt President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi talks to Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn as they arrive to attend the 23rd African Union

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Nile River Politics: When El-Sisi Met Desalegn

Middle East Online The guests had been seated at the tables of the great hall in Addis Ababa, and fanfares rang out as the Emperor Haile Selassie walked in with President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt at his right hand. Nasser was a “tall, stocky, imperious man, his head thrust forward and his wide jaws

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More Thoughtful Approach To Building Dams on Abay (Blue Nile) – Part III 

By Getachew Begashaw (PhD)  Building the GERD In the first two partsof this series, we presented a focused analysis of the GERD, based on evidentiary information that is available in the public domain. We argued objectively and cogently that the social, economic, environmental and ecological adverse impacts of the GERD could be incalculable, and that the

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Egyptian anchorwoman suspended after live row with Ethiopia envoy

Ahram Online By Ayat Al-Tawy, An Egyptian broadcaster has been suspended for arguing with Ethiopia’s ambassador to Cairo during a live TV phone-in about Addis Ababa’s ongoing Nile dam project. On Wednesday, Rania Badawy, a talk show host on the privately-owned Tahrir satellite channel, got into a heated argument with Ethiopian envoy Mahmoud Dardir over

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