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

published 91 days, 17 hours, 10 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 91 days, 17 hours, 30 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 139 days, 14 hours, 20 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 139 days, 14 hours, 46 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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Egypt says Nile sharing meeting fails

published 142 days, 15 hours, 28 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 142 days, 15 hours, 30 minutes ago
Sunday, April 18, 2010 6:03:37 AM GMT Sunday, April 18, 2010 6:01:37 AM GMT
Egypt’s state news agency reported Tuesday that 10 African nations have failed to conclude a long delayed new agreement for sharing water from the Nile and will call for closer cooperation instead. The Nile basin nations have failed for years now to agree on the Nile River Cooperative Framework Agreement to [...] (more)
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Ethiopia acknowledges Egypt's ownership of Nile

published 241 days, 15 hours, 9 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 241 days, 15 hours, 36 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)

NBI proposes largest hydroelectric dam project in Ethiopia

published 243 days, 13 hours ago posted by adminadmin 243 days, 13 hours, 15 minutes ago
Thursday, January 07, 2010 8:31:33 AM GMT Thursday, January 07, 2010 8:16:25 AM GMT
The Nile Basin Initiative has proposed the largest hydroelectric dam which is expected to serve Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt. (more)