Posts Tagged ‘uganda’

Is Eritrea Ready to Reform?

August 18 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Africa, News, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , ,

Eritrea’s President Isaias Afewerki concludes his three-day ”peace trip” to Uganda later on Thursday. His visit comes at a time when Eritrea is seeking to rejoin the regional development group the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (Igad). The country left Igad in 2007 after the body – made up of Kenya, Uganda, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Sudan and Somalia – supported Ethiopia’s military intervention... Read more

Uganda invites reclusive Eritrea leader Isaias Afewerki for visit

August 12 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Africa, News, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , ,

KAMPALA (Reuters) – Uganda has invited Eritrea’s leader, President Isaias Afewerki, accused by the West of stoking Somalia’s Islamist rebellion and destabilising the east African region, to a state visit next week, Uganda’s State House said. Eritrea rejoined the East African bloc IGAD last month, four years after it walked out on the body in protest at arch-foe Ethiopia’s invasion of... 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, an official said on... 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 influential consumer of... Read more

Egypt trying get support from Uganda by helping a construction of electricity plants

December 7 | Posted by ocean | Egypt, Ethiopia, News, Nile, Sudan, Uncategorized Tags: , , , ,

According to an Egyptian News source almasryalyoum.com, The Ministry of Electricity and Energy of Egypt has announced the establishment of an Egyptian company for electricity generation in Uganda.

Egypt Minister Hassan Younis
On Tuesday, Minister Hassan Younis told reporters in the Ugandan capital Kampala that the new company will support the country’s power network through providing an... Read more

Three Kenyan men charged with Uganda bomb attacks

August 1 | Posted by ocean | News, Uncategorized, World, World Cup 2010 Tags: , , , ,

Three Kenyans have been charged with the murders of 76 people killed when bombs exploded as they watched the World Cup on TV in Kampala, Uganda. Hussein Hassan Agad, 27, Mohamed Adan Abdow, 25, and Idris Magondu, 42, were also charged with terrorism and 10 counts of attempted murder. They have yet to enter pleas and will remain in... Read more

Third Bomb Vest Found ; Suspects Arrested for Uganda Bomb Attack (VIDEO)

July 13 | Posted by ocean | Ethiopia, News, Uncategorized, Video, World, World Cup 2010 Tags: , , , , , , ,

Four foreign suspects were arrested in connection with the find. KAMPALA (Reuters) – Ugandan police have found an unexploded suicide vest and made a number of arrests after coordinated bomb blasts ripped through two bars and killed at least 76 soccer fans watching the World Cup final on Sunday. Somali al Shabaab Islamists linked to al Qaeda said on Monday they had... Read more

Bomb blast in Ethiopian restaurant killed at least 13 people in kampala, Uganda

July 12 | Posted by ocean | Ethiopia, News, Uncategorized, World, World Cup 2010 Tags: , , , , , , , ,

( Please be advised Images might be disturbing ) Updated with more pictures from the bombings. Two separate explosions have killed at least 23 people in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, late Sunday. Police said the first blast at an Ethiopian restaurant killed 13 people. The second explosion at at a rugby club killed at least 10.   Many were injured at both locations. The police... Read more

The threat of a water war over the Nile

July 2 | Posted by ocean | Blog, Ethiopia, Nile, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , ,

Egypt 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

Egypt and Sudan Oppose Nile Deal – Aljazeera VIDEO

May 15 | Posted by ocean | Ethiopia, News, Uncategorized, World Tags: , , , , , , ,

Watch Al jazeera video on The new Nile Treaty A controversial deal has been signed to share the waters of the world’s longest river. But Egypt and Sudan are not happy at four African countries signing a new deal on the Nile. Rwanda, Ethiopia, Uganda and Tanzania signed the new framework on Friday while Kenya issued a support statement.

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