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The Curse of The Nile
December 12th, 2010
Courtesy of The Guardian, an interesting look at rising tensions between Ethiopia and Egypt over the Nile. As the article notes: The Nile at Aswan, Egypt With the world’s attention distracted by the latest WikiLeaks revelations, Ethiopia’s prime minister Meles Zenawi did not need a whistleblower to cause his country diplomatic embarrassment: he proved more […]
Read more »Ethiopia: Cairo Might Turn To Military Action Over Nile
November 24th, 2010
Via The Khaleej Times, a report on Ethiopia’s recent suggestions that Egypt might turn to military force to maintain its Nile waters. As the article notes: “…Egypt said it was “amazed†by Ethiopia’s suggestion on Tuesday that Cairo might turn to military action in a row over the Nile waters, saying it did not want […]
Read more »An Arabian Aquapocalypse and Egypt’s Nile-less Future?
November 14th, 2010
Courtesy of Green Prophet, two articles that remind us of the water crises awaiting much of the Middle East. As the first notes, some officials have recently called the Middle East water problem an apocalypse, to draw attention to the real and immediate danger shortages represent: “…While bureaucrats push paper in their plush offices, the […]
Read more »Egypt Boosts Investment & Cooperation In Ethiopia To Help Release Water Tension
October 15th, 2010
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, a report that Egypt’s increased investments in Ethiopia may help defuse rising tensions over Nile water allocations. As the article notes: “…Egypt’s increased investments in Ethiopia this year will help boost cooperation between the two Nile Basin states, Egyptian Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Mohamed Nasreddin Allam said, the […]
Read more »Egypt and Thirsty Neighbors At Odds Over Nile
September 25th, 2010
Courtesy of The New York Times, an interesting article on the increasing tensions between Egypt and its neighbors over the Nile’s waters. As the article notes: The New York Times “…One place to begin to understand why this parched country has nearly ruptured relations with its upstream neighbors on the Nile is ankle-deep in mud […]
Read more »Simmering Dispute Over Nile Heating Up
July 19th, 2010
Courtesy of Yale’s e360, an interesting report on the simmering dispute over who owns the waters of the River Nile which is heating up. As the article notes: “…From its headwaters in Ethiopia and the central African highlands to the downstream regional superpower Egypt, the Nile flows through 10 nations. But by a quirk of […]
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