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Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan to meet on Monday for Nile dam talks

Reuters Staff ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - The leaders of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan will meet on Monday in a bid to break a deadlock in negotiations over a hydroelectric dam Addis Ababa is building along its share of the Nile river, two official sources said on Sunday. Sudan’s President Omar Al Bashir is seen at […]

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Troubled Waters: Egypt and Ethiopia Wrangle Over Nile Dam

From The Wall Street Journal Addis Ababa’s plans expose rivalry with Cairo for regional power; ‘Egypt cannot live without the Nile’ By Matina Stevis-Gridneff in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dahlia Kholaif in Arab al Raml, Egypt Jan. 17, 2018 The world’s longest river, a lifeline for hundreds of millions of people, is also fast becoming a fault line. Ethiopia’s ambitious […]

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International experts analyze impacts of Ethiopian dam

From the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 22 April 2015, by David L. Chandler Map showing the full extent of the Nile with its two main branches, the White Nile, which flows from Lake Victoria, and the larger Blue Nile, which originates in the highlands of Ethiopia. The location of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), […]

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Ethiopia set to attain 100 % potable water coverage

Ethiopia set to attain 100 % potable water coverage by 2nd phase GTP period Addis Ababa, 14 January 2007 (WIC) - Ethiopia will attain 100 per cent potable water coverage in the 2nd phase of the Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP) period, the Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Energy (MoWIE) said. Ministry Public Relations Directorate Director, […]

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