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"Nile is above all a Gift of Ethiopia" Richard Pankhurst

published 87 days, 19 hours, 3 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 87 days, 19 hours, 23 minutes ago
Tuesday, June 08, 2010 4:21:29 AM GMT Tuesday, June 08, 2010 4:01:31 AM GMT
By Richard Pankhurst, Jimma Times The recent signing of a new Nile Basin pact to replace colonial agreements has once again triggered a debate about how the resource can be equitably shared. Professor Pankhurst, who has been familiar with the issue for a number of decades, analyses a book that attempts to locate a safe course through these treacherous, uncharted waters. “If Egypt is a Gift of the Nile,” as the Egyptians say, “the Nile is above all a Gift of Ethiopia”. So said Gascon, a noted expert on ... (more)

Egypt reasserts Nile water rights

published 135 days, 16 hours, 12 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 135 days, 16 hours, 38 minutes ago
Wednesday, April 21, 2010 7:12:10 AM GMT Wednesday, April 21, 2010 6:46:01 AM GMT
Egypt has insisted on its traditional share of the Nile river water and cautioned basin countries against signing a water-sharing agreement from which it is excluded. The warning came days after Nile basin countries meeting in Egypt failed to agree on a framework to reallocate shares from the river, a longstanding demand by several upstream countries. Mohammed Allam, minister of water.. (more)
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Ethiopia acknowledges Egypt's ownership of Nile

published 237 days, 17 hours, 2 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 237 days, 17 hours, 29 minutes ago
Saturday, January 09, 2010 6:22:27 AM GMT Saturday, January 09, 2010 5:55:18 AM GMT
Ethiopia, which along with other Nile upper riparian countries, has been accusing 'Egypt of keeping an unequitable, colonial-era monopoly of the Nile water,' has acknowledged Cairo's right to keep its quota over Nile resources, the Egyptian weekly Al Ahram reported on Friday. (more)

Egypt delays Nile basin treaty

published 261 days, 17 hours, 24 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 261 days, 17 hours, 34 minutes ago
Wednesday, December 16, 2009 5:59:49 AM GMT Wednesday, December 16, 2009 5:50:02 AM GMT
Evelyn Lirri Dar el Salaam | Egypt has said it needs more time before it can sign the final treaty on the use of the River Nile. Ten African countries Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Burundi and Eritrea that share the river’s water resources are pushing for a permanent body [...] (more)
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Ethiopians seek review to old treaty on Nile water

published 331 days, 18 hours, 17 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 331 days, 18 hours, 36 minutes ago
Wednesday, October 07, 2009 5:07:14 AM GMT Wednesday, October 07, 2009 4:48:36 AM GMT
Ethiopia, being the source of 85 percent of the total Nile waters flow, claims that it could self-support its hungry people off foreign food aid if granted to irrigate from the Blue Nile river. (more)
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