Tag Archives: Nile
Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed Bahaa ElDin said on Saturday that Egypt does not oppose the establishment of development projects or dams along the Nile River as long as it does not affect water distribution between countries. Bahaa … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, News, North Africa
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Tagged Al-Ahram, Bahaa ElDin, Egypt, Ethiopia, Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, IndepthAfrica, Nile, Sudan, Wikileaks
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Abdel Latif El-Menawy Al Arabiya THREE years ago I warned of the water crisis and the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam via a series of articles. I traveled to Ethiopia and Eritrea and met with late Ethiopian premier Meles Zenawi and Eritrean … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Isaias Afewerki, Meles Zenawi, Nile, Sudan
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Meles Zenawi when he was alive and his apostles today (“Melesistas”) keep playing us in the Diaspora like a cheap fiddle. They make us screech, shriek, scream and shout by simply showing their mugs in our cities. How do they … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Blue Nile, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, New York City, Nile, San Diego, Sudan
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(ADDIS ABABA) – Saudi Arabia on Saturday removed the Kingdom’s deputy defense minister who recently made hostile remarks over Ethiopia’s massive dam project being built on the Blue Nile River only 30km upstream from Sudan. Speaking at a session of … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, News
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Cairo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Khalid Bin Sultan, Nile, Saudi Arabia, Sudan
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By Tesfa-Alem Tekle (ADDIS ABABA) – The Eritrean government said this week that it supports Egypt’s stance over a colonial-era treaty that granted Egypt a right to utilise the lions share of Nile river’s water resources. The Red Sea nation … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, News
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mohamed Morsi, Nile, Sudan, Yemane Gebreab
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Eritrean Foreign Minister Osman Saleh and Presidential Adviser for Political Affairs, Yemane Gebreab, handed a message from President Isaias to President Morsi of Egypt on Monday (April 13th) this week. According to Egypt’s State Information Service, President Morsi, who said … read more »
The Saudi Arabia government has made an official statement rebuffing recent remarks made by the kingdom’s deputy defense minister against the construction Ethiopia’s Grand renaissance dam. Speaking at a session of the Arab Water Council held in Cairo late in … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Pan African News
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Horn of Africa, IndepthAfrica, Khalid Bin Sultan, Nile, Saudi, Saudi Arabia, Sudan
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(Medeshi.com)- The main reason could be because Egypt wants to use Somalia as a proxy against Ethiopia for the sake of Nile waters . Egypt had used Somalia as a proxy against Ethiopia for decades. Egypt supplied Somalia with heavy … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Egypt, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Horn of Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Nile, Somalia, Somaliland
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By: Mustafa al-Labbad Translated from As-Safir (Lebanon). In the coming years, Egypt and Ethiopia may be forced to fight a “water war” because Ethiopia’s ambitions contradict Egypt’s historical and legal rights in the Nile waters. Ethiopia can only be deterred … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Somali, Sudan, Uganda
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Tagged Abyei, Aswan Dam, Cairo, Egypt, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Horn of Africa, IndepthAfrica, latest ethiopian news, ndepthindepthafrica, news ethiopia, Nile, Sudan
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(WIC) – Office of the National Council for the Coordination of Public Participation on the construction of the Grand Renaissance Dam said the 2nd anniversary of the commencement of the Dam’s construction is to be marked with literary and sport … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Blue Nile, Construction, Dam, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, IndepthAfrica, indepthindepthafrica, latest ethiopian news, Meles, news ethiopia, Nile, Project Management
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By Black T Bvumavaranda Could the great and mighty Pharaohs of Egypt be actually Zimbabweans, or South Africans? Well, here is the evidence: While the contemporary world has ordinarily portrayed Egyptians as being inclined to Arab descendancy, a little has been said in … read more »
Posted in Article, Egypt, North Africa, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Ancient Egypt, Cheikh Anta Diop, David Livingstone, Egypt, Egyptian, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, John Henrik Clarke, Nile
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This piece is my reflection on Prof. Alemayehu G/Mariam`s (Al Mariam) recent article on the Nile, posted in his blog and shared on Facebook. I am writing this piece not because the article is that much worthy to be responded … read more »
Posted in Comoros, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea
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Tagged Anwar Sadat, Egypt, Egyptians, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Facebook, Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Nile
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Dear Prof. Alemayehu, Even our Egyptian brothers will not say about the dam, as Prof. Alemayehu. Some of them know the dam what we we build now is the dam they are going to build after a century for them … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Aswan, Aswan Dam, Blue Nile, Egypt, Egyptians, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, IndepthAfrica, indepthindepthafrica, latest ethiopian news, Meles Zenawi, news ethiopia, Nile, Saudi Arabia, Sudan
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Dam War of Words Late last month, Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Defense Minister Prince Khalid Bin Sultan fired a shot across the bow from the Arab Water Council in Cairo to let the regime in Ethiopia know that his country takes … read more »
Posted in Alemayehu G. Mariam, Article, Columnist, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Egypt, Egyptians, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, IndepthAfrica, indepthindepthafrica, latest ethiopian news, Meles Zenawi, news ethiopia, Nile, Saudi Arabia, Sudan
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Here come those dastardly dams! In Asia, Africa and the Middle East, nations are aggressively building hydroelectric dams, seemingly heedless of the potentially disastrous effects on the countries downstream. As examples, Laos broke ground on a Mekong River dam that’s … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Cambodia, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, IndepthAfrica, indepthindepthafrica, Lao, latest ethiopian news, Mekong, news ethiopia, Nile, Vietnam
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By: G. E. Gorfu Sir, I read your comments as reported in the Sudan Tribune of Feb. 27, 2013 where you accused Ethiopia of posing a threat to the Nile water rights of Egypt and Sudan. Where did these Nile … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Arab, Egypt, Ethiopia, Indepth Africa Magazine, Nile, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Sudan Tribune
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Ethiopia and Saudi Arabia have had long standing relations for many centuries, both in terms of business relations and people-to-people contacts. Cultural bonds are deep-rooted, strong and ancient. Indeed, they go back to the time of the Prophet when he … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Egypt, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Ibrahim Abdulaziz Al-Assaf, IndepthAfrica, Khalid Bin Sultan, latest ethiopian news, news ethiopia, Nile, Saudi Arabia, Sudan
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Khartoum — A senior Saudi Arabian official unleashed a barrage of attack against Ethiopia saying that the Horn of Africa nation is posing a threat to the Nile water rights of Egypt and Sudan. “The [Grand] Renaissance dam has its … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Aswan Dam, Egypt, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Khalid Bin Sultan, latest ethiopian news, news ethiopia, Nile, Sudan
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Ethiopia is building a dam that will give the country control over the Nile River’s primary water source. The dam has far-reaching consequences for Ethiopia, Sudan, Egypt, and the millions of people who depend on the river, The Ohio State … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Australia, DePauw University, Egypt, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, IndepthAfrica, Inter Press Service, latest ethiopian news, news ethiopia, Nile, Ohio State University, Sudan
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By ANDREW CARLSON Origins A Publication of Ohio State University vol. 6, issue 6 – March 2013 Editor’s Note: Egypt and Sudan are utterly dependent on the waters of the Nile River. Over the past century both of these desert … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Blue Nile, Egypt, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, latest ethiopian news, news ethiopia, Nile, Nile River, Sudan
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Daniel Berhane The letter from the Egyptian Foreign Minister, in November, to his Ethiopian counterpart, re-assuring commitment to cooperation on Nile and distancing Cairo from the remarks of some officials in the media, seems to have laid to rest the … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, North Africa
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Cairo, Egypt, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, latest ethiopian news, news ethiopia, Nile, Sudan
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By Jamie Freedman and Ali Askouri (ASWAN, Egypt) – Representatives from Nile basin countries including Sudan have travelled to Egypt as part of an international project to improve cooperation on water management issues. The Blue Nile More than 25 participants … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan
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Tagged Aswan, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ethiopians, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Meklit Hadero, Nile, nile news, Nubia, Sudan, United States
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A 27-year-old Austrian tourist was killed in northern Ethiopia when his group was attacked during a whitewater rafting trip on the Nile, Austria’s foreign ministry said Monday. The attack occurred on Sunday near Bahir Dar, 550 kilometres northwest of the … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Austria, Bahir Dar, Eritrea, Erta Ale, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, IndepthAfrica, Monday, Nile
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Ethiopia and Sudan are in negotiations to balance the revenues earned from Ethiopia’s sale of electric power to Sudan with the equivalent expenditure of oil imported from Sudan to Ethiopia, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Addis Ababa. … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Blue Nile, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Indepth Africa Magazine, Nile, Sudan
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By Habtamu Abay Recently I came across one commentary by an Egyptian management consultant by the name Ms. Rania Al-Maghraby (PM World Journal, Vol. I, Issue III-October 2012). With a candid English and pleasant conceptual flow, she mentioned some of … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Anwar Sadat, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, IndepthAfrica, Nile, Sahara, Saudi Arabia, Sudan
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Ababiya Nemera Ever since the April 2011 official launch of the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) Project, there have been various reports, whether tangible or not, insinuating military attacks against Ethiopia by lower riparian countries. Rumors of Egypt trying to … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somali, Sudan
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Tagged Egypt, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, ethiopian on Nile, Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, IndepthAfrica, Lake Nasser, Nile, Sudan, Water resources
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By Tesfa-Alem Tekle Addis Abaab — Ethiopia has started a test run of electricity supply to neighbouring Sudan, according to state power utility, Ethiopian Electric and Power Corporation (EEPCo). Head of EEPCo, Mihret Debeb, said that Ethiopia has been testing … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged EEPCO F.C., Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Hailemariam Desalegne, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Nile, Omar al-Bashir, Sudan, World Heritage Site
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By Fukadu Fullas (Ph.D.) The present article grew out of a lively exchange of views in the Ethiopian Electronic Distribution Network (EEDN) discussion forum on the merits of fenugreek (vernacular Amargna name: abish) in traditional medicine. Useful data, literature citations, … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Government, History, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Nile, Sudan
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The Arab Spring is rearranging the political landscape of the Middle East, and many have been wondering whether the Muslim Brotherhood’s takeover in Cairo would mark the end of the 1979 peace treaty between Israel and Egypt. But one Israeli … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Blue Nile, Egypt, Ethiopia, Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Hosni Mubarak, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Nile, Sudan
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The Commission of the African Union (AU) and the Addis Ababa University, through the Institute for Peace and Security Studies – IPSS, concluded, today, 1 December 2012, in Addis Ababa, a colloquium on “Border Governance for African integration. The colloquium, … read more »
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