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Addis Ababa — The international panel of experts asked by Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan to assess the impact of Ethiopia’s controversial Nile dam project has continued its study despite fresh political turmoil in Cairo over a decree that gives Egypt’s … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somali, Sudan
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Nile, Project Manager, Sudan
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Experts are wary of South Sudan, considering that it controls the White Nile, the other source of the Great Nile. That is problematic because the West and Israel could use their influence with South Sudan to put pressure on Egypt. … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somali, South Sudan
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Tagged Egypt, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, IndepthAfrica, International University of Africa, Israel, Nile, South Sudan, Sudan
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November 25, 2012 by benim
The African Research and Studies Centre at the International University of Africa held a forum last week titled “Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and Its Effects on Egypt and Sudan.” The minister of electricity and irrigation, Dr. Tabitha Butrus; the Ethiopian irrigation … read more »
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Tagged Egypt, Ethiopia, Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, International University of Africa, Nile, Nile Basin, South Sudan, Sudan
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Ethiopia – Ethiopia has begun construction of a 6,000 megawatt (MW) hydroelectric dam on the Blue Nile river, a move that has been greeted enthusiastically by many Ethiopians but that is causing concern in the downstream nations of Sudan and … read more »
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Blue Nile, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, IndepthAfrica, Lake Tana, Nile, Sudan
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Robele Ababya The Nile water is the sole lifeline for Egypt to which the Blue Nile River contributes 85%. The Blue Nile River is a vital indispensable resource of Ethiopia for irrigation farming in view of her increasing population, source … read more »
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Tagged Anwar Sadat, Blue Nile, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, IndepthAfrica, Nile, Nile River, Sudan, Wikipedia
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By: Menelik Ezana We Ethiopians are always amazed by Egypt’s rigid and old fashioned Nile monopolization. And the state has a known quotation “No Nile No Egypt”. This quotation is now changed “No Nile No Ethiopia” or “No Nile No East Africa”. … read more »
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Tagged East Africa, Egypt, Egyptians, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, IndepthAfrica, Nile, North Africa, Sudan
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By: Goitom T. Various media outlets have been reporting as if Egypt was prepared to attack Ethiopia, to protect its stake in River Nile quoting the internal emails from the U.S. private-security firm STRATFOR. It is also heard that the … read more »
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Tagged Egypt, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Nile, Nile Basin Initiative, River Nile, Sudan
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New research has suggested there is sufficient water in the Nile to support all 10 countries it flows through. This emerged on Monday as Ethiopia’s massive dam-building plans continued to cause disquiet in downstream Egypt. Simon Langan, the head of … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, North Africa
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Tagged Addis Ababa, East Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, IndepthAfrica, Nile, Water resources, Wikileaks
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In Africa, access to water is one of the most critical aspects of human survival. Today, about one third of the total population lack access to water. Constituting 300 million people and about 313 million people lack proper sanitation. (World … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, North Africa, Rwanda, Somali, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Egypt, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Nile, Nile River, Sudan, Water resources, World Water Council
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IRIN Addis Ababa — As Ethiopia’s massive dam-building plans continue to cause disquiet in downstream Egypt, new research suggests there is sufficient water in the Nile for all 10 countries it flows through, and that poverty there could be significantly … read more »
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International Water Management Institute, Nile, Sudan
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Mega dam along Nile River to generate 6,000 MW Plans to spend over $12 bln and produce 40,000 MW by 2035\ Hopes to become Africa’s biggest power exporter By Aaron Maasho (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s energy minister played down concerns on … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Alemayehu Tegenu, Egypt, Ethiopia, ethiopian news, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kenya, Nile, Sudan
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By Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times Poor African capitals are increasingly challenging Cairo for the river’s water, without which Egypt’s economy would wither and die. CAIRO — Overwhelmed by cascading economic and political problems since the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak, … read more »
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Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan have agreed to resume their tripartite cooperation under the Eastern Nile Basin Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan have agreed to resume jointly working on organizing sustainable management, utilization and development of the Nile waters under the Eastern … read more »
Posted in Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Alemayehu Tegenu, Egypt, Ethiopia, ethiopian news, IndepthAfrica, Nile, South Sudan, Sudan, The Ministers (film), Water resources
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Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, Mohamed Bahaa Eddin arrived in Addis Ababa on Monday to participate in a meeting for Eastern Nile Basin countries which includes Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia. Bahaa Eldin said in a statement upon his arrival … read more »
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, IndepthAfrica, Irrigation, Nile, Sudan, Water resources
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Belachew Gujubo Dear Ato Abebe Gebrehiwet, From Los Angeles area really I liked your article and your feeling concerning the Hedase Dam on Nile R. I absolutely agree with you and others who are being aligned them in this optimist … read more »
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Tagged Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Greater Los Angeles Area, IndepthAfrica, Nile, Poverty, Sudan
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Abay will be built by any means. We will not stop by biased untrue baseless and old information from the opposition group radical/extremists/vocal or ruthless individuals. In fact nowadays you cannot fool us three times. You have to stop from … read more »
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Tagged Diaspora, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Nile, Sudan, Wikileaks
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Mohammed Nassir The era, which we live in now, requires more than ever, strong and genuine cooperation among countries of the world. We have been witnessing the fact that sustainable development could not be effectively attained at a country level … read more »
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Tagged Al-Masry Al-Youm, Egypt, Ethiopia, Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Nile, River Nile, Sudan
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By DEBAY TADESSE Until the recent positive signs of cooperation between some of the Nile riparian states, disputes between the downstream and upper riparian states over rights to the waters of the Nile have been a contentious issue for centuries. … read more »
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Tagged Egypt, Ethiopia, Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Nile, Nile Basin Initiative, Sudan, Wikileaks
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By; Kiflu Hussain Despite repetitive adverts of a documentary and even its screening on Aljazeera titled “Struggle over Nile,” it’s a couple of days ago that I managed to watch it. My first attraction to the documentary stemmed from the … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kiflu Hussain
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Tagged Blue Nile, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfricaMagazine, Meles Zenawi, Mengistu Hailemariam, Nile, United States
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Egypt may have been talking to Sudan about military alternatives to protect its vital resource, the river Nile, a report published by an Egyptian daily said. Citing secret documents released last month by WikiLeaks from Stratfor, a private intelligence company … read more »
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Tagged Egypt, Ethiopia, Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Hosni Mubarak, IndepthAfrica, indepthafrica africa news, Meles Zenawi, Nile, Sudan, Wikileaks
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Every year on my birthday, I take a moment to reflect on my life so far and what I hope to have achieved by my next birthday. As a lover of Uganda, I have written numerous musings and pieces on … read more »
By Seifulaziz Milas Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam, built on the Blue Nile near the Ethiopian border with Sudan, is all about producing electricity. And electricity is a key to Ethiopia’s future. However, historically, proposed exploitation of these resources has brought it … read more »
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Tagged Egypt, Ethiopia, Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica world news, India, Lake Tana, Nile, Sudan
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By William Davison Hailemariam Desalegn, an amiable sanitation engineer from southern Ethiopia, has succeeded late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. At first glance, the technocratic Hailemariam looked an unlikely candidate to succeed Meles, the stern overlord of Ethiopia’s political and economic … read more »
By Magdi El Gizouli Hassan al-Turabi, the veteran chief of the Sudanese Islamic Movement turned opponent to the long reign of his disciples under President Bashir, appeared yesterday on al-Jazeera to celebrate the rise of Islamic forces to power in … read more »
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Tagged Bashir, Cairo, Egypt, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica African news, Khartoum, Meles Zenawi, Nile, Omar al-Bashir, Sudan
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By Toby Collins (LONDON) – Egyptian authorities fearful of a monopoly on Nile waters received agreement from Khartoum to build an airbase in Sudan, to launch attacks on Ethiopian damming facilities, claims the anonymous media outlet; Wikileaks. Wikileaks has leaked … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, News, North Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Nile, Sudan, Wikileaks
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Thomas Sowell After reading Barack Obama’s book “Dreams from My Father,” it became painfully clear that he has not been searching for the truth, because he assumed from an early age that he had already found the truth — and … read more »
In Ethiopia, a nation comes to bury Meles – and to praise him Ahead of the funeral Sunday of Ethiopian strongman Meles Zenawi, many Ethiopians are proudly assessing his abilities and the changes instigated. Less spoken of – at least … read more »
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Meles, Meles Zenawi, Nile
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By Mesfin Mekonen The latest news for the WASHINGTON UPDATE is notable as things are stirring in Washington and in other cities. I have been in contact with the United States Department of State about the current state of affairs … read more »
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Western style “democracy” is destroying Africa. It seems everywhere you look in Africa you see elections marked by violence and bloodshed. “Buy, rig or steal” is the name of the game and if that doesn’t work, send in the French … read more »
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Horace Campbell The unification of the water resources of Africa is one of the primary bases for African unity, with a system of canals linking rivers and lakes in the kind of infrastructure planning that ensures that all will have … read more »
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