The Nile River Archives - Middle East Observer

Sisi Calls for International Interference with Ethiopian Dam Negotiations!

October 6, 2019 Ahmed Rashed

Analysts said Egypt’s position is extremely weak… who put #Egypt in this critical situation?!

Egypt Asks for Arab Countries’ Support Against Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam

September 12, 2019 Ahmed Rashed

Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has revealed the latest developments concerning the REnissance Dam negotiations. This came during the press conference held by the Arab League (AL) Secretary-General Ahmed Abul Gheit at the end of [ More … ]

Is Ethiopia taking control of the River Nile?

August 4, 2019 Ahmed Rashed

The Egyptian Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation announced the return of Minister Mohamed Abdel-Ati from a three-day overseas tour to Sudan and Ethiopia to discuss the latest developments in the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam [ More … ]

Egyptian Farmers Face Water Shortage Amid Ongoing Problems on the Nile Delta

September 4, 2018 Ahmed Rashed

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 … ]

Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam Started to Threaten Agriculture in Egypt

April 25, 2018 Ahmed Rashed

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 … ]

Ethiopia Refuses World Bank Arbitration Over Renaissance Dam

January 22, 2018 Ahmed Rashed

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 … ]

Egypt Started Political Steps To Face Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam

December 9, 2017 Ahmed Rashed

During the opening session of the fourth Arab Water Forum on November 26, Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit transmitted a warning from the league to Ethiopia saying, “Water security for Egypt — [ More … ]

War Of Words Between Egypt and Sudan Over The Nile River Shares

November 25, 2017 Ahmed Rashed

War of words between Egypt and Sudan over the Nile River shares continued this week. “We have not borrowed Nile water from anyone; the High Dam was threatened because of Sudan,” said Egyptian Foreign Minister [ More … ]

Have Egypt’s negotiations with Ethiopia on Renaissance Dam come to a deadlock?

November 18, 2017 Ahmed Rashed

From Doha, Ethiopia confirmed that it will continue in its Renaissance Dam project. During a recent visit to Qatar, Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn confirmed his county’s determination to complete the Renaissance Dam on schedule. However Egypt [ More … ]

Egypt to establish military base in Eritrea: Opposition ‘RSADO’

April 18, 2017 Ahmed Rashed

An Eritrean opposition group, the Red Sea Afar Democratic Organization (RSADO), claimed that Eritrea granted Egypt green light to build a military base on its territory. The opposition group officials quoted “reliable” sources in Eritrea,claiming that Asmara [ More … ]

Senior South Sudanese Official Says His Country Can’t Sacrifice Its Interest for the Sake of Ethiopia

January 16, 2017 Ahmed Rashed

South Sudan cannot sacrifice its interests for the sake of others (Ethiopia), says Abraham Chol, a senior South Sudanese official believed to be close to S.S. President Salva Kiir’s family. Abraham Chol, the senior South Sudanese [ More … ]

A Young Man Found Dead after Being Arrested by Egyptian Security Forces

July 27, 2016 Ahmed Rashed

A security source in Giza General Directorate stated that the Egyptian security forces have increased their presence around Imbaba police station after the protest of dozens of the family of a young man whose body was [ More … ]

Al-Sisi’s Frail Presence In the African Summit

July 20, 2016 Ahmed Rashed

Al-Sisi’s latest trip to Africa in the light of the twenty-seventh ordinary session of the African summit in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda seems cold, fragile and reflects al-Sisi’s weak diplomacy toward his country’s lebensraum. [ More … ]

Ethiopia Will Build Another Dam After the Renaissance Dam

July 19, 2016 Ahmed Rashed

The Ethiopian Ambassador in Cairo Mahmoud Dreier said explicitly that Ethiopia will build another dam after the Grand Renaissance Dam is completed. Dreier said -while Speaking on Egypt’s Al- Nahar TV channel- that his country cooperates with [ More … ]

Netanyahu: We Will Work on Directing the Nile Water Where Ethiopia Wants

July 12, 2016 Ahmed Rashed

After Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was received a ceremonial welcoming at the Ethiopian parliament, he ensured in his speech that the main aim behind the construction of the Renaissance Dam, which tightens the noose [ More … ]