Israel has been rocked by widespread demonstrations decrying the fatal shooting of an Ethiopian-Israeli teenager at the hands of an off-duty police officer. Protests erupted after Solomon Teka, 18, who was unarmed, was shot by [ More … ]
Ethiopia’s GERD dam is set to reshape the complex water politics of the Nile Basin – and ‘water stressed’ Egyptians will be the biggest losers There have been hold ups and reports of large cost [ More … ]
There have been numerous changes in local and regional politics since the election of Abiy Ahmed into the office of Prime Minister of Ethiopia. Notable is the recent peace agreement reached between Ethiopia and Eritrea [ More … ]
Dramatic water shortage hits Egyptian farmers amid the ongoing problems of the Nile Delta. Last May, the European Parliament released a report titled:” A stable Egypt for a stable region: Socio-economic challenges and prospects “about the challenges that [ More … ]
How Water Scarcity and Middle Eastern Influence Are Reshaping Northeast Africa – a Foreign Affairs report In Ethiopia, Africa’s largest-ever dam and hydroelectric power plant is inching closer to completion. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam [ More … ]
While the recent round of negotiations on Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam ended with a new document aimed at entrenching cooperation between Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia, it did not resolve the key differences over the water filling [ More … ]
Technical talks between Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia over a disputed dam Ethiopia is building on the Nile river failed to make a breakthrough, Egypt’s foreign minister said on Monday, amid pressure for a deal before [ More … ]
Prior to the technical committees meeting between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan on May 4, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, arrived to the Sudanese Capital Khartoum on Wednesday, according to Xinhua. Al-Bashir and the Ethiopian leader will discuss [ More … ]
Former Ethiopian prime minister, Hailemariam Desalegn has blamed the archaic colonial agreements over the use of the Nile waters for the prevailing stalemate his country has with Egypt. Egypt and Ethiopia are at loggerheads over [ More … ]
On April 21, Egypt’s Parliament of Egypt passed legislation banning cultivation of crops that require high volumes of water, as concerns increase that the upstream Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam will negatively impact water flow for [ More … ]
The foreign ministers of Sudan, Egypt, and Ethiopia have failed to reach an agreement in the lingering dispute over Ethiopia’s massive dam on the Blue Nile, ministers said on Friday. Egypt is concerned that the [ More … ]
Tensions between Egypt and upstream Nile basin countries, Sudan and Ethiopia, have flared up again over the construction and effects of a massive dam being built by Ethiopia on the Nile River. A new mega-dam [ More … ]
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn has rejected a call by Egypt for World Bank arbitration in a dispute over a hydroelectric dam Addis Ababa is building along its share of the Nile,reported Reuters. Egypt and [ More … ]
Ethiopia and Sudan have agreed to work together to tackle peace and security-related challenges in the region. The move comes after both Ethiopia and Sudan closed their borders with Eritrea The move follows Sudan’s Defence [ More … ]
Egypt said on Tuesday it had suggested to Ethiopia and Sudan that they all call in international experts to help settle a dispute on an Ethiopian dam project on the River Nile. Egypt fears the [ More … ]
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