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Nile Basin Relations: Egypt, Sudan And Ethiopia
March 3rd, 2013
From the Elliott School of International Affairs, a slightly dated – but comprehensive – overview of the Nile Basin relationships: Nile Geography and Hydrology The Nile River is the longest in the world while the Nile Basin covers 1.3 million square miles, making it slightly larger than India. There are ten riparian countries — Egypt, […]
Read more »Who Owns The Nile? Egypt, Sudan, And Ethiopia’s History-Changing Dam
February 22nd, 2013
Courtesy of Origins, an article on arguments over control of the Nile: Emperor Haile Selassie was offended by President Nasser’s exclusion of Ethiopia in the Nile Waters Agreement and in planning for building the Aswan Dam. He negotiated the 1959 divorce of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church from the Orthodox Church in Alexandria, ending 1600 years […]
Read more »The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam And The Blue Nile: Implications For Transboundary Water Governance
February 18th, 2013
Via the Global Water Forum, a report on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and the Blue Nile: In 2011, the Ethiopian Government announced plans to construct a hydroelectric dam on the Blue Nile, 45km east of its border with Sudan, which has been named the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. This ambitious project is planned to […]
Read more »Ethiopia, Egypt, Sudan Agree On Water Co-operation
November 13th, 2012
Via AllAfrica, a report on an agreement related to the Eastern Nile basin: Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan have agreed to resume their tripartite cooperation under the Eastern Nile Basin. The three nations had devised a joint institutional framework and been working together on Nile waters conservation and utilization since 1999. Water resources ministers of the […]
Read more »Sudan Reaffirms Support for Egypt’s Nile Water Rights
September 17th, 2012
Via Ooska News, a report on Sudan’s support for Egypt’s Nile water rights: Sudanese President Omer Al-Bashir, despite demands from the International Criminal Court for his arrest for war crimes, traveled to Cairo on September 16 to meet with Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, where he reaffirmed Sudan’s support for Egypt on Nile water rights. The […]
Read more »Morsi Visits Ethiopia To Seek Unity In Nile Nations Over Water
July 17th, 2012
Via UAE’s The National, a report on a recent visit by Egypt’s new president – Mohammed Morsi – to Addis Ababa, amid tense relations between the two countries over the Nile river. As the article notes: “…Egypt and Sudan, which rely on the Nile river for nearly all their water needs, are in a deadlock […]
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