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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

Ethiopia’s Hydroelectric Program – Boon or Folly?

October 24 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Africa, Economy, Ethiopia, News, Nile, Uncategorized, World Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

Developing countries worldwide view the construction of power facilities as integral to their economic development to lift their populations out of poverty. Ethiopia has now embarked on massive hydroelectric schemes currently involving the construction of two large dams, but the Ethiopian government’s obdurate refusal to consider the potential environmental and political impacts of its efforts... 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

Water under the bridge over the Nile (Video) Egypt and Ethiopia on Nile Dam

September 19 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Egypt, Ethiopia, News, Nile, Uncategorized, Video Tags: , , , , , , ,

Can Ethiopia and Egypt reach a deal that will provide 160 million people living along the Nile with sufficient water? Egypt and Ethiopia are looking to put past disputes over the use of the water from the River Nile behind them. Meles Zenawi, the Ethiopian prime minister, has visited Cairo for the first time and together with his Egyptian counterpart, Essam... Read more

Ethiopia to Assess Impact of Nile Dam with New Egypt

September 19 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Egypt, Ethiopia, News, Nile, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , , ,

On Saturday, Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf agreed with his Ethiopian counterpart to set up a team of technical experts to assess the impact of the $4.8-billion Dam being built in Ethiopia. The dam will be one of two built along Ethiopia’s side of the Nile River as part of a plan to produce 20,000 megawatts of power... Read more

If Egypt accept the Nile Dam project it will be build in Joint cooperation : Gebrekirstos

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

By Tesfa-Alem Tekle (ADDIS ABABA) – Ethiopia will never stop its program to construct the recently launched massive hydro power project in Nile River whether Egyptians welcome it or not, government officials said on Tuesday ahead of the Egyptian prime minister’s visit to Addis Ababa this week. “There won’t be any reason that would stop or delay the... Read more

Ethiopia welcomes dialogue with Egypt over Nile, but No to hydro-dam project

May 3 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Egypt, Ethiopia, News, Nile, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , , ,

Ethiopia postpones signing Nile Basin agreement; Egypt welcomes decision Cairo -Forty-seven members of an Egyptian delegation have arrived in Addis Ababa to mend relations between the two countries after months-long fallout over the sharing of the Nile River waters. The delegation consists of three presidential hopefuls and some of the best known Egyptian opposition leaders as well as representatives of young people... 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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Egypt wants to participate on building Nile Dam

April 20 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Egypt, Ethiopia, Featured, Nile, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

Egypt officially requested a visit. Egypt expressed its willingness to participate in the Millennium dam that Ethiopia plans to build on the Nile River, said Ambassador Mona Omar, Assistant Foreign Minister for African Affairs on Saturday that Egypt would like to participate as long as there is no damage from a dam on Egypt’s quota of water. According to the arabic... Read more

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

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