Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry will visit Addis Ababa this week for talks with his Ethiopian counterpart, a foreign ministry spokesman said, in a bid to end a standoff over a multi-billion dollar dam project on the Nile river. The dispute, which also involves Sudan, centers on control of a share of the waters of the […]
While the three countries negotiating on the feasibility study of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Egypt’s proposal to insert the 1959 agreement was rejected by Ethiopia and Sudan. It was last week Ethiopia, Sudan, and Egypt met for the 17th time in Cairo to negotiate on the social, economic and environmental impacts of the Renaissance Dam on […]
Egypt’s Minister of Irrigation Mohamed Abdul-Atti arrived Addis Ababa to visits the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam which is being built on the Nile River. He will also attend the tripartite ministerial meeting on technical studies related to the dam. According to Ahram Online website, Abdel-Athy will participate in the field of technical studies on the […]
Water ministers from Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia have gathered last week to discuss how Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam will affect water distribution and access to the Nile. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is 60 percent complete and has yet to go into operation. The $4.8bn megaproject near the Sudanese border was launched in April 2011. […]
CAIRO – 29 January 2018: Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry stated that it was agreed during the tripartite summit between Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia on Monday to fix all Grand Ethiopia Renaissance Dam’s (GERD) issues in a month. When asked by one of the reporters if there will be a mediator to interfere in […]
Ethiopia, Sudan, and Egypt are currently negotiating over the social, economic, and environmental impact of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam over the downstream countries. The 16th meeting was held in Addis Ababa, October 8, 2010. The Consultant’s organization has reached a consensus on a draft guideline for its implementation. Egypt’s request of the 1959 Water Agreement to […]
Ethiopia will start storing water from the Grand Renaissance Dam in a reservoir next year, Egypt’s water resources and irrigation minister Mohamed Abdel-Ati said today according to the state-run Middle East News Agency (MENA). Ethiopia is yet to officially announce when it will start storing water. “The impact of the Ethiopian dam’s construction is yet […]
Ethiopia and Sudan have ignored an Egyptian invitation for a meeting this week in Cairo to resume discussions on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. Last week, the Egyptian Foreign Minister, Sameh Shoukry, invited the foreign and irrigation ministers and intelligence chiefs of the two African countries for a meeting, which was set to take place today, […]
The April 2 anniversary of the laying of the foundation stone of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in 2011 passed largely unremarked amid the cascade of momentous news coming recently from Ethiopia, including several years of unrest, the sudden release of thousands of detainees in mid-February, the resignation of the prime minister one day […]
A $4.2 billion dam is being built on Ethiopia’s part of the River Nile in the Benishangul-Gumuz region, about 15 kilometers (9 miles) east of the Sudanese border, and they’re calling it the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. 1,375 miles (2,213 kilometers) north, Egyptians have been panicking for four years about what the future of the Renaissance […]
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