Posts Tagged ‘Nile’

Ethiopia invites Egypt and Sudan to discuss on Nile dam

November 13 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Egypt, Ethiopia, News, Nile, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , ,

(ADDIS ABABA) – Ethiopia has officially invited Egypt and Sudan for talks over a controversial dam project, which the horn of Africa country intends to build on the Blue Nile river. The invitation on Tuesday comes few weeks after Sudan has agreed to join Ethiopia and Egypt for the establishment of a tripartite technical... Read more

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... 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... Read more

UN calls for suspension of giant Ethiopian hydropower dam

July 28 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Africa, Economy, Ethiopia, News, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , ,

The United Nations has added its voice to the barrage of criticism on Ethiopia’s massive Gibe III hydropower project, calling for work to be suspended until the negative impacts of the dam have been determined. The World Heritage Committee, which establishes sites to be listed as being of special cultural or physical significance, said the dam’s construction... Read more

Ethiopia says it plans to build 4 new Nile dams to become ‘power hub’

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

ADDIS ABABA, (AP) — Ethiopia says it will build four more hydroelectric dams on the Nile river as part of a plan to become a power hub for Africa. Ethiopian power corporation manager Mihret Debebe said Wednesday the dams could produce up to 11,000 megawatts and that work will start after 2015. He says the electricity will... Read more

Struggle Over the Nile : Reduction Egypt Water Share is Threaten us with Thirst and Death [MUST WATCH]

June 8 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Africa, Economy, Egypt, Ethiopia, Featured, Nile, Sudan, Uncategorized, Video, World Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,

It is the world’s longest river; a 7,000km life-line for almost 400 million people. Flowing north, the Nile runs through 11 countries, including South Sudan, from the highlands in the heart of Africa to the shores of the Mediterranean Sea. It is a source of sustenance, but also of tension – and even potential conflict. For centuries, Egypt has... Read more

Sudan, Egypt Review Ethiopian Proposal To Study Impact Of Its Blue Nile Dam Project

May 25 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Ethiopia, News, Nile, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , ,

KHARTOUM, (BERNAMA-NNN-SUNA) – Sudan and Egypt are reviewing an Ethiopian proposal to set up a joint technical tripartite committee to study the technical issues and impact of Ethiopia’s Millennium Dam, which is under construction on the Blue Nile River some 40 km east of Sudan in the Benishangul-Gumuz Region of Ethiopa. This came about when the ministers... 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... Read more

Ethiopia says won’t allow Egypt to examine the new dam

April 21 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Egypt, Ethiopia, News, Nile, Politics, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,

Egypt unwilling to give up lion’s share of flow Analysts see risk of war from Nile allocation By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA,  (Reuters) – Ethiopia will deny Egypt a chance to examine a new mega dam it is building on the Nile unless Cairo inks a new deal relinquishing its veto powers over allocation of the river’s waters,... Read more

Ethiopia can’t afford to build the Nile Dam : The Economist

April 21 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, News, Nile, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,

Egypt and Ethiopia quarrel over water MOST of the water meandering down the lower reaches of the Nile, the world’s longest river, comes from the Ethiopian highlands, putting rulers in Addis Ababa, the capital, in a position of unusual power, one they have rarely dared to exploit. But since Egypt, the biggest and most... Read more