Posts Tagged ‘basin’

Sudan agrees to tripartite committee over Ethiopia’s Nile dam

October 26 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, News, Nile, Sudan, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , , ,

(KHARTOUM) – Sudan has agreed to set up tripartite technical committee to look into concerns over Ethiopia’s Millennium dam project on the Blue Nile water could negatively affect the water share of downstream countries like itself and Egypt. The committee will consult international and local experts drawn from Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia. It will assess the potential impact... Read more

Egypt’s New Democrats Ready to Defend Nile

September 30 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Egypt, Ethiopia, News, Nile, Politics, Sudan, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

If Egypt and Sudan join the Nile water partnership, the decisions the basin makes will be difficult, and will require new relationships among those who feed Lake Nasser and those who take from it. In the beginning, Egypt was the Nile. That could now change, as Egypt, Sudan and the countries that supply the Nile’s waters face new... Read more

Ethiopia Expects Decision on World Bank Funding for Nile Basin Irrigation This Week

June 21 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Africa, News, Nile, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , ,

Ethiopia expects the World Bank to decide this week whether to provide an additional $60 million of funding for an irrigation project in its Nile Basin, a Water and Energy Ministry official said. The Washington-based lender provided $100 million since 2008 to support the Nile Basin Irrigation and Drainage Project, Hayalsew Yilma, program coordinator at the ministry, said in an interview... Read more

Egyptian delegation heads to Ethiopia for consultation

April 29 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, News, Nile, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , ,

A popular Egyptian public diplomacy delegation will arrive in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, on Friday to pave the road for a better relationship between the two countries, as part of the efforts to find a diplomatic solution to the Nile water dispute and other issues related to it.

Egyptian delegation to visit Ethiopia
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Ethiopia keeping Egypt in dark on Nile dam

April 18 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Egypt, Ethiopia, Featured, Nile, Politics, Sudan, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

(Reuters) – Ethiopia did not inform Egypt it planned to build a huge dam on the Nile and the two countries have not discussed the issue despite fears a dispute over the river could spark war, Ethiopia’s water minister said. Work on the 5,250 megawatt (MW) Renaissance Dam – which will be one of the world’s ten biggest — began this... Read more

Egypt Prime Minister to visit Ethiopia and discuss on Nile

April 13 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Ethiopia, Middle East, News, Nile, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,

Egypt Prime Minister Essam Sharaf wants to come to Addis Ababa for official visit and discuss on the current situation of Nile River. According to Ethiopianreporter report PM Sharaf told Mohammd Drir a newly appointed Ethiopian ambassador in Egypt that he wants to establish a new kind of relationships between the two countries. The former transport Minister Essam Sharaf was... Read more

Ethiopia dismisses Egyptian war threat over Nile Dam

April 11 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Egypt, Ethiopia, News, Nile, Politics, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,

EthiopianReporter By Merga Yonas and Zekarias Sintayehu The Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) downplayed the Egyptian government statement of instructing its military to prepare for any eventuality regarding a crucial water dispute with Ethiopia as being a psychological threat no different than what they used to be before. According to Egyptian security sources speaking to WorldNet Daily (WND), a US-based news... Read more

Egyptian Foreign M. Abul Gheit upbeat about talks with Ethiopian officials over Nile waters

July 9 | Posted by ocean | Ethiopia, News, Nile, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , ,

Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abu Gheit was feeling positive about talks held in Addis Ababa between Ethiopian officials and himself and Egyptian Minister of International Cooperation, Fayza Abul Naga. The talks focused on the allocation of the waters of the Nile, among other bilateral issues.  According to Abul Gheit, the discussion, “filled in a lot of details... Read more

The threat of a water war over the Nile

July 2 | Posted by ocean | Blog, Ethiopia, Nile, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , ,

Egypt and Sudan draw battle lines with upstream nations over access to the Nile NATIONS FIGHT over water, especially when access is curtailed or threatened, and there are the ingredients for a battle over the 4,100-mile long Nile River. Egypt and Sudan have counted on the abundance of the Nile’s life-giving flow. Now upstream nations want to keep more of the... Read more

Egypt, Sudan won’t be forced to sign Nile treaty: officials, Tension on Nile Meeting

June 27 | Posted by ocean | Uncategorized Tags: , , , , ,

* Sudan says “freezing” cooperation * The deal can not be forced upon us : Egypt ADDIS ABABA — Egypt and Sudan will not be forced into signing a new deal on the sharing of the Nile’s waters, officials stressed Sunday at talks in Addis Ababa. The water ministers of Egypt and Sudan, the largest consumers of the Nile’s waters, were in the... Read more

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