APA-Cairo (Egypt) Egypt and Sudan have decided to take part in the extraordinary meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Nile Basin countries to be held in Nairobi on 25 January to discuss the legal and institutional implications resulting from the signature by five countries of the Nile Basin of the Framework Agreement on the Nile Water, APA learns... Read more
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Egypt, Sudan to attend January Nile Basin extraordinary meeting in Kenya
December 5 | Posted by ocean | Egypt, Ethiopia, News, Nile, Sudan, Uncategorized Tags: egypt, kenya, Nile, Nile basin, Nile treaty, sudan
Egypt requested delay for Sudan referendum, according to new WikiLeaks cable
December 2 | Posted by ocean | Ethiopia, Middle East, News, Nile, Sudan, Uncategorized Tags: egypt, Egypt wikileaks, Ethiopia wikileaks, Nile, sudan, Sudan wikileaks, WikileaksThe referendum can create a country could threaten Egypt’s access to the Nile. Egypt views the Horn of Africa as vital to its national security interests. Egyptian officials have been pressuring the United States to delay a referendum on South Sudanese independence, a newly-leaked US Embassy cable has revealed. In the October 2009 cable, obtained today by Al-Masry Al Youm... Read more
Egyptian Foreign M. Abul Gheit upbeat about talks with Ethiopian officials over Nile waters
July 9 | Posted by ocean | Ethiopia, News, Nile, Uncategorized Tags: Ahmed Abu Gheit, basin, egypt, Nile, sudan, water warEgyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abu Gheit was feeling positive about talks held in Addis Ababa between Ethiopian officials and himself and Egyptian Minister of International Cooperation, Fayza Abul Naga. The talks focused on the allocation of the waters of the Nile, among other bilateral issues. According to Abul Gheit, the discussion, “filled in a lot of details... Read more
The threat of a water war over the Nile
July 2 | Posted by ocean | Blog, Ethiopia, Nile, Uncategorized Tags: basin, Britain, egypt, Nile, sudan, uganda, water warEgypt and Sudan draw battle lines with upstream nations over access to the Nile NATIONS FIGHT over water, especially when access is curtailed or threatened, and there are the ingredients for a battle over the 4,100-mile long Nile River. Egypt and Sudan have counted on the abundance of the Nile’s life-giving flow. Now upstream nations want to keep more of the... Read more
Nile agreement countries reject Egyptian pressure
June 27 | Posted by ocean | Ethiopia, News, Nile, Uncategorized Tags: egypt, Nile, Nile treaty, sudan, water war* Group of five will not renege on deal * Sudan says “freezing” cooperation * New meeting called to tackle impasse By Barry Malone ADDIS ABABA, June 27 (Reuters) – Five East African countries said on Sunday that they would not go back on a deal they signed to share River Nile waters that has drawn fierce criticism from Egypt and Sudan. After more than... Read more
Egypt, Sudan won’t be forced to sign Nile treaty: officials, Tension on Nile Meeting
June 27 | Posted by ocean | Uncategorized Tags: basin, egypt, Nile, Nile treaty, sudan, water war* Sudan says “freezing” cooperation * The deal can not be forced upon us : Egypt ADDIS ABABA — Egypt and Sudan will not be forced into signing a new deal on the sharing of the Nile’s waters, officials stressed Sunday at talks in Addis Ababa. The water ministers of Egypt and Sudan, the largest consumers of the Nile’s waters, were in the... Read more
Nile Basin Ministers to Meet in Ethiopia This Weekend
June 26 | Posted by ocean | Ethiopia, News, Nile, Uncategorized, World Tags: basin, egypt, Nile, sudan, treaty, waterMinisters 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
Nile basin states water Ministers to meet in Ethiopia next week
June 20 | Posted by ocean | Ethiopia, News, Nile, Uncategorized Tags: basin, egypt, Nile, sudan, waterBy 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: basin, egypt, Nile, sudan, treaty, warnCairo 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: basin, egypt, Ethiopia, Nile, sudan, treaty, waterKampala 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.
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