By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA (Reuters) – African countries on the upper reaches of the River Nile plan to push their demand for changes in the allocation of its waters, saying Egypt gets... Read more »
CAIRO — Egypt is refusing to relinquish a drop of its legal right to the lion’s share of Nile river water, despite demands from other African countries for a more equitable sharing... Read more »
Anwar Sadat, the former Egyptian president, once said: “The only matter that could take Egypt to war again is water.” That was 30 years ago. But even today, water is a crucial issue in... Read more »
Negotiations between the ten countries of the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI), April 13 in Sharm Al-Sheikh, hit the wall over Cairo’s refusal to give its stamp of approval to a new Nile... Read more »
– Egypt and Sudan Object The Treaty – “Any Treaty without Egypt and Sudan is mean the death of the Nile Basin initiative.” Egypt Ethiopia says seven African nations will sign an... Read more »
By Jason McLure April 20 (Bloomberg) — Ethiopia accused Egypt of stalling talks aimed at reaching an accord over sharing water from the Nile River. “Egypt has employed a delaying tactic which... Read more »