Category: Nile water Crisis

Egyptian President Sisi Affirms Ethiopia’s Right to the Nile While Rejecting the Dam’s Capacity

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met on Monday, Abune Matthias, the Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church who is visiting Egypt. Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Fayza Aboul Naga, the presidential national security adviser, attended the meeting. Presidential spokesperson Alaa Youssef said President Sisi stressed that Egypt hopes the people of Ethiopia achieve development and

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Egypt refuses Renaissance Dam storage capacity

Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia facing negotiation difficulties, says irrigation minister advisor Egypt rejected the current the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam’s (GERD) high storage capacity, as studies showed it will affect its national water security, reported state-owned Middle East News Agency (MENA) Sunday. The dam’s storage capacity reaches 74bn cubic meters. Calling such capacity “unjustified and

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Egyptian ministers sign pledge to protect Nile River

Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb and other seven ministers and a number of media hosts, journalists and artists signed Monday a document pledging to protect the Nile water. “In light of the fierce attack against the Nile River which is the lifeline for Egyptians and the gift of their presence, and out of respect for the

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Egypt’s President to visit Ethiopia For African Union Summit

Al Ahram President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi is to fly to Ethiopia for the African Union Summit after visiting Kuwait to discuss bilateral relations Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi is scheduled to visit Ethiopia and Kuwait in January, presidency spokesman Alaa Youssef said in separate statements Sunday. El-Sisi will attend the 24th African Union Summit that will open

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Rapprochement on the Nile

By Goitom Gebreluel, Aljazeera The Egypt-Ethiopia dispute over the Nile basin can evolve into a strategic partnership. Ethiopia and Egypt have successfully managed to end their millennia-long rivalry over the river Nile. Ethiopia’s announcement in 2011 of its intention to construct Africa’s largest hydropower plant on its share of the Blue Nile led to developments

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Ethiopia-Egypt talks on Nile dam stumble

World Bulletin/News Desk Consultations among experts of Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt aimed at determining the impact of Ethiopia’s $4.8 billion dam project on the Nile’s upper reaches halted amid differences between Egypt and Ethiopia, an official said Sunday. The Tripartite National Committee (TNC) – a 12-member experts’ panel responsible of facilitating implementation of recommendations of

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Ethiopian official denies dam-related financial woes

Ethiopian official has denied claims that a multibillion dollar deal is facing financial problems and has said that the project will not encounter any such problems until its finalised. An Ethiopian official on Wednesday denied claims that a multibillion-dollar hydroelectric dam currently being constructed on the Nile River was facing financial problems. “The project has

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International firm offers to study Ethiopia’s dam expected mid-December

Ahram Online Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia were expected to consider international firm offers to conduct studies on the Grand Renaissance Dam Thursday, but several firms requested an extension 40% of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam completed: Ethiopian president The period for receiving offers from international firms to conduct studies on the impact of Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance

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Ethiopia to send public diplomacy delegation to Egypt

Ethiopia and Egypt are in the middle of diplomatic rapprochement to narrow their differences over the construction of a multi-billion hydroelectric dam on the Nile. World Bulletin/News Desk Ethiopia has finalized preparations to send a public diplomacy delegation to Egypt next month, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday. “Members of the delegation will

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