An estimated 8 in 10 girls in countries such as Egypt and Sudan who undergo female genital mutilation (FGM) have the procedure done in healthcare professionals' offices, according to Luay Shabaneh, Regional Director for Arab States in United Nations (...)
Egypt will not accept incomprehensive deal on Ethiopian dam that does not take into account the former's concerns or defers solving disputing issues, Egyptian Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation has stressed.
The ministry's statement came out (...)
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said, on Wednesday, that his country has proposed an offer to Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia to provide technical assistance regarding the Ethiopian dam crisis.
The Russian proposal came following a meeting of (...)
Negotiations on the Ethiopian hydroelectric dam continued on Tuesday for a fifth day, with still no agreement on issues regarding its filling and operation. Egypt declared that Ethiopia's insistence on its rigorous stance regarding technical issues (...)
It has been yet another tough week of negotiations between Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia over the filling and operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) that Ethiopia is building on the Blue Nile near the Sudanese border, threatening the (...)
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who assumed power in 2018 and entered the Menelik Palace as the country's first prime minister from the Oromo nation, has so far failed to deliver on his economic and social pledges to the Ethiopian (...)
After nine years of Ethiopian intransigence and evasiveness Egypt was forced to turn to the UN Security Council (UNSC) in an attempt to check Addis Ababa's bid to begin filling the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam reservoir unilaterally, without a (...)
Egypt's irrigation ministry said on Wednesday that Ethiopia's adherence to its “strict” stances concerning the technical aspects of the disputed Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) would make the chance of reaching a consensus less likely.
The (...)
Ethiopia's strategy for dam construction goes far beyond developmental goals. It seeks to build an infrastructure for regional water hegemony, positioning it, at the very least, in such a way that it can exchange water for oil. This is hardly a (...)
Arab League Permanent Representative to the UN Maged Abdel-Fattah on Tuesday said that the UN Security Council is waiting to hear from the current chair of the African Union (AU), President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa, on the outcome of (...)
By Friday, Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia must decide whether or not there is any reason to continue the current round of negotiations sponsored by the African Union in the hope of reaching an agreement over the filling and operation of the Grand (...)
One hilarious joke once circulating in Iraq referred to an imaginary “anti-concern” medicine named after former UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon, known as much for his diplomatic clichés voicing concern over the tragic events in the country while (...)
The ministers of water resources and irrigation from Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan resumed, on Monday, their online trilateral meetings to address the disputed points related to the Ethiopian hydroelectric dam.
During the meetings, the delegations (...)
Egypt said on Monday fundamental technical and legal differences over the disputed Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) still exist.
Egypt made the announcement on the fourth consecutive day of the new online round of talks between Egypt, Sudan, (...)
The ministers of water resources and irrigation of Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan continued their virtual meetings on the disputed points regarding the Ethiopia's mega Nile dam on Sunday.
As negotiations continue on technical and legal issues related to (...)
The crunch of young locusts comes with nearly every step. The worst outbreak of the voracious insects in Kenya in 70 years is far from over, and their newest generation is now finding its wings for proper flight.
The livelihoods of millions of (...)
Egypt has resumed talks on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), in the hopes that the other parties involved share their good faith in the process.
The statement was made by Egypt's Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation spokesperson, (...)
Negotiations over the disputed Nile dam between Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia, continued online, on Saturday. The parties have reached no agreement on the disputed points, as several technical and legal issues remain unsolved.
Each country reviewed its (...)
Egypt's irrigation ministry said on Saturday that a second day of fresh talks with Sudan and Ethiopia over the latter country's Blue Nile hydropower dam has yielded no tangible results.
The ongoing round of tripartite talks on the controversial (...)
Negotiations between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan on the operation and filling of the under-construction Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam began via video conference on Friday afternoon, the Sudanese government said in a statement.
The talks are being (...)
Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia resumed negotiations aimed at reaching an accord over the filling of Ethiopia's new hydroelectric dam on the Blue Nile, according to a Friday statement from the Sudanese Irrigation Minister Yasser Abbas.
In statements to (...)
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) negotiations between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan to continue on Saturday under supervision of African Union headed by current African Union Presidency holder South Africa.
Egypt's Ministry of Water Resources and (...)
Qalaa Holdings recorded revenues of EGP 10.4bn in the first quarter (Q1) of 2020, marking a 191% increase year-on-year (y-o-y), it announced in its consolidated financial results for the quarter.
On Wednesday, the company released its consolidated (...)
The tripartite talks between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), brokered by the African Union, are set to resume “in the next few days” according to Sudanese Irrigation Minister Yasser Abbas.
In statements to (...)
The Egyptian Center for Economic Studies (ECES) held discussions, on Wednesday, on the technical, economic, legal and political steps that Egypt must follow in Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) negotiations.
During an online seminar, entitled (...)
