Posts Tagged ‘egypt’

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

How to stop the Nile Dam. Egyptian delegation discuss with Museveni

April 9 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Egypt, News, Nile, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,

A 35 people of Egyptian delegation led by Dr. El-Sayed El Badawy went to Kampala Uganda to discuss with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on the crisis of Nile water and Basin countries relations. According to the Egyptian Arabic news website youm7.com the delegation led by Dr. Mr. Badawi Al-Wafd Party statement the main reason of the meeting will focus on... Read more

Egypt military preparing for War with Ethiopia?

April 7 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Africa, Ethiopia, Featured, Middle East, Nile, Uncategorized Tags: , , , ,

A Washington DC based website WorldNetDaily.com reported exclusively that Egypt government ordered it’s military to prepare for any dispute that might spark because of the new Ethiopian Millennium dam on the Nile River. WND also reported according to their source Egyptian believes Israel is encouraging Ethiopia to build the dam. Below you can find the whole report of WND.com titled Will this... Read more

Ethiopia: Egyptian Firm to Build Parts of Addis to Mombassa Road

April 5 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Ethiopia, News, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , ,

The Ethiopian Roads Authority (ERA) awarded two parts of the construction of the second phase of the Mombassa-Nairobi-Addis Abeba Road corridor to an Egyptian based construction company, at a cost of around 740.7 million Br, on Wednesday, March 29, 2011. The ERA also signed comprehensive road project agreements worth a total of 2.6 billion Br with four local companies for the... Read more

Ethiopia to defy Egypt and build huge dam on Nile river

March 31 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Egypt, Ethiopia, Middle East, News, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , ,

By Barry Malone ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia on Wednesday said it planned to build a huge dam on the Nile despite a long-running row with Egypt over use of the river and concern the dispute may spark a war. The nine countries through which the river passes have for more than a decade been locked in often bitter talks to renegotiate... Read more

Africa’s Youths United Can Never be Defeated By Alemayehu G. Mariam

February 14 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Alemayehu G.Mariam, Blog, Ethiopia, News, Uncategorized Tags: , , , ,

Africa’s Youths United Can Never be Defeated Mubarak, Irhal! By Alemayehu G. Mariam

Alemayehu G Mariam
A specter is haunting Africa and the Middle East – the specter of an awesome army of youths on the move, in revolt, marching for freedom, chanting for democracy and dying for human rights and human dignity. Millions of youths are standing up... Read more

Hosni Mubarak Steps Down ! (Live Video)

February 11 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Egypt, Featured, Middle East, People, Uncategorized, World Tags: , , , , ,

After 18 perilous days of a popular uprising that has been said to have taken a toll of 300 deaths, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak stepped down from the presidency, a post he held for approximately 30 years.  As jubilant crowds erupted into joy, reports that two military helicopters leaving the presidential palace lead to the assumption... Read more

Journalist Eskinder Nega warned by EPRDF Police officials

February 11 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Blog, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, News, People, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

One of the free press journalists who is known with a critical articles and blogs of the EPRDF government and current situation of Ethiopian politics in online medias has given a warning on his recent articles by the Deputy Commissioner of Federal police. Eskinder wrote in detail on Abugidainfo.com how he was taken from the internet café in Piassa by armed... Read more

CIA director: Hosni Mubarak may step down Thursday night ( Video)

February 10 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Egypt, Featured, Uncategorized, Video Tags: , , , , , ,

Cairo, Egypt (CNN) — Embattled President Hosni Mubarak’s three-decade authoritarian rule in Egypt could possibly come to an end Thursday night, CIA Director Leon Panetta told the U.S. Congress. “As you can see I got the same information you did which is there is a strong likelihood that Mubarak may step down this evening, which would be significant in terms of... Read more

Exclusive Interview: Hosni Mubarak Meets With Christiane Amanpour (Video)

February 3 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Africa, Egypt, Featured, Middle East, Politics, Uncategorized, Video Tags: , , , , ,

Mubarak: ‘If I Resign Today There Will Be Chaos’ ABC’s Christiane Amanpour scored a major interview on Thursday, as she talked to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. I’ve just left the presidential palace in Cairo where I met for about 30 minutes with President Hosni Mubarak. He told me that he is troubled by the violence we have seen in Tahrir Square over the... Read more