Egypt denies involvement in Ethiopia’s conflict
Egypt has denied reports that it is behind the opposition demonstrations in Ethiopia. Yasser Hakim has more from Cairo.
Egypt is building a new capital — and China is bankrolling it
Jacob Wirtschafter, USA TODAY The Egyptian government is determined to build a new capital in the desert 28 miles southeast of this iconic city – and it’s no longer a mirage now that China is bankrolling most of the $45 billion project.USA TODAY A delegation looks at a scale model of the new Egyptian capital displayed at the Red Sea…
Regional powers back studies on impact of Ethiopia’s Nile dam
Reuters- Dam has become a bone of contention between Ethiopia and Egypt, downstream from the dam and relying almost exclusively on the Nile for agricultural, industrial and domestic water use KHARTOUM, Sept 20 (Reuters) – Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia commissioned studies into the environmental and economic impact of a $4 billion dam on the Nile that…
Why Egypt postponed GERD impact studies contracts signing?
Ahram Online File Photo: A general view shows construction activity on the Grand Renaissance dam in Guba Woreda, Benishangul Gumuz region in this March 16, 2014 (Photo: Reuters) Egypt’s irrigation and water resources minister announced on Sunday the postponing of contract signing with two foreign consultancy firms – to study the impact of Ethiopia’s Grand…
Is Egypt-Sudan border dispute new thorn in Renaissance Dam negotiations?
Author Walaa Hussein, Al-Monitor CAIRO — There are fears that the dispute over Halayeb and Shalateen, a small border region claimed by Cairo and Khartoum, will cast its shadow over Egyptian-Sudanese coordination on the negotiations over the Renaissance Dam between the two countries and Ethiopia. On April 18, state-owned channel Ethiopian TV interviewed Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir,…
Saudi Arabia and Egypt Announce Red Sea Bridge
BBC, King Salman announces deal on second day of Cairo visit after meeting Egyptian president Abdel Fatah al-Sisi King Salman and Abdel Fatah al-Sisi in Cairo. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has announced an agreement with Egypt to build a bridge over the Red Sea connecting the two countries. The monarch made the announcement…
Sharing the Nile
The largest hydroelectric project in Africa has so far produced only discord The Economist WHEN Egyptian politicians discussed sabotaging the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in 2013, they naturally assumed it was a private meeting. But amid all the scheming, and with a big chuckle, Muhammad Morsi, then president, informed his colleagues that their discussion was…
Here Are The 6 Major Agreements Reached Among Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan
According to Be Fitsum Girma Here are the 6 major agreements reached at Khartoum’s meeting among the Foreign and Water ministers of Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan or during the 11th TNC; 1. Artelia replaced deltares as a subcontracting firm, 2. The Foreign and Water Ministers of Egypt and Sudan are invited to visit GERD, 3. The…
How to Share Water Along the Nile?
NYTimes CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — On the Blue Nile in Ethiopia, construction is underway on a public works project of gigantic physical proportions and exquisite political delicacy. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, now about halfway finished, amounts to a test: With water becoming precious enough to be the stuff of war, can nations find ways to…
The Limits Of The New “Nile Agreement”
Brookings, By Mwangi S. Kimenyi and John Mukum Mbaku On Monday, March 23, 2015, leaders of Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan met in the Sudanese capital Khartoum to sign an agreement that is expected to resolve various issues arising out of the decision by Ethiopia to construct a dam on the Blue Nile. The Khartoum declaration, which…