Posts Tagged ‘basin’

Nile Basin Ministers to Meet in Ethiopia This Weekend

June 26 | Posted by ocean | Ethiopia, News, Nile, Uncategorized, World Tags: , , , , ,

Ministers in charge of water in Nile basin states are scheduled to meet in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, this weekend for their Council of Ministers. In an e-mail sent to The New Times, Environment Minister, Stanislas Kamanzi, confirmed that he will attend the June 26-27 meeting, which will be preceded by the Technical Advisory Council session. “Fast... Read more

Who owns the Nile’s water?

June 26 | Posted by zemen | Ethiopia, Nile, World Tags: , , ,

Simon Kitra’s back garden looks out over the world’s second-largest freshwater lake. His front lawn opens on to the world’s longest river. If the 20-year-old Ugandan fisherman needs reminding of where his tiny island is, he can look up to the pink obelisk on the hillside, marking where the British explorer John Hanning Speke, sextant... Read more

Nile basin states water Ministers to meet in Ethiopia next week

June 20 | Posted by ocean | Ethiopia, News, Nile, Uncategorized Tags: , , , ,

By Tesfa-Alem Tekle June 19, 2010 (ADDIS ABABA) — Water Ministers from nine member states of the Nile Basin are scheduled to meet in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, next week to hold the 18th regular meeting of Council of Ministers of Water Affairs. Ethiopia Ministry of Water Resources said the ministerial meeting will hear performance report of... Read more

Egypt warns that new Nile agreement could prove a ‘death sentence’

May 31 | Posted by ocean | Ethiopia, News, Nile, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , ,

Cairo has jealously guarded the riches of Africa’s longest river. Now poorer nations have had enough. Daniel Howden reports Egypt’s arable land stretches out over the map of North Africa like a green kite on a desert background. The string uncoils northwards from the Aswan high dam until it reaches the Nile Delta, where it opens into a triangle to meet... Read more

Egyptian MP calls for calm ” Nile is A National security and Life”

May 30 | Posted by zemen | Ethiopia, News, Nile, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , ,

Kampala An Egyptian Member of Parliament, Mr Mohamed Youssef, has asked the Nile Basin countries to restrain from moves that will deprive some countries that need the Nile water most the opportunity to use it.

According to Mr Youssef, Egypt’s survival entirely depends on River Nile because it is largely a desert country and should not be blamed for adequately using the... Read more

Kenya, Egypt play down Nile row

May 24 | Posted by ocean | Ethiopia, News, Nile, Uncategorized Tags: , , , ,

BY AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE

CAIRO, Egypt, May 24 – Egypt and Kenya sought to play down a regional row following the signing by five African states of a new agreement on water-sharing opposed by Cairo. Prime Minister Raila Odinga praised the “strong relationship” between Cairo and Nairobi and stressed that the new agreement is “not anti-Egypt.” “We are very conscious of the... Read more

Egyptian, African Leaders Discuss Nile River Dispute

May 23 | Posted by ocean | Ethiopia, News, Nile, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , ,

Egypt’s president has met with leaders of Kenya and the Democratic Republic of Congo to discuss a dispute over the Nile River. This month, Kenya and four other African nations signed an agreement to re-examine how the river’s waters rivers are shared. Congo and Burundi have promised to sign within a year. A current treaty, dating from 1929, gives Egypt the majority... Read more

New Nile agreement a wake-up call for Egypt: analysts

May 21 | Posted by ocean | Ethiopia, News, Nile, Uncategorized, World Tags: , , , , , ,

By Christophe de Roquefeuil (AFP) CAIRO — A new agreement by five African states on Nile water sharing has been a wake-up call for Egypt, which has long considered the river its own, analysts say.  Until now, Cairo had distanced itself from any discussion that would change the favourable terms of treaties signed in 1929 and 1959, guaranteeing the lion’s share... Read more

Defends Egypt’s natural share of the Nile waters

May 21 | Posted by ocean | Ethiopia, News, Uncategorized, World Tags: , , , ,

By Nader Noureddin Four upriver Nile countries, namely, Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania and Rawanda moved ahead with their plans and signed on Friday 14th a framework agreement in Entebbe, Uganda that would allow them a more liberal management of the Nile waters for irrigation and other developmental projects. The move came as negotiations with other stream river countries; Egypt and Sudan have... Read more

Ethiopia rejects Egypt Nile claims, Zenawi said Egypt’s approach is out of date

May 19 | Posted by ocean | Ethiopia, News, Uncategorized, World Tags: , , , , , , ,

Ethiopia’s prime minister has rejected a threat by Egypt to prevent the building of dams and other water projects upstream on the Nile river. Meles Zenawi told Al Jazeera on Wednesday that Egypt will not be able to stop his country from building dams on the river. His comments came nearly a week after Ethiopia joined Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania in signing a new treaty... Read more

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