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Shoukry heads to Khartoum for GERD meeting with Ethiopian, Sudanese officials
Meeting set to be attended by ministers of foreign affairs, waters, chiefs of intelligences
Sudan ministerial meeting on GERD begins Wednesday
Water, foreign ministers, intelligence officials will participate
Shoukry discusses bilateral relations, GERD with Kenyan counterpart
Foreign minister expressed Egypt’s aspiration to receive Kenyan president at earliest opportunity
Sudan delays tripartite ministerial meeting on GERD following Ethiopian request
Meeting was set to be held on 24 January in Khartoum
Al-Sisi announces reaching agreement with Sudan, Ethiopia on GERD
No mediators in negotiations on dam until now, says Shoukry
Egypt concerned over Ethiopian PM statements on WB arbitration in GERD dispute
Statements come few days following Desalegn’s return to Ethiopia after short visit to Egypt
Crisis over the Nile
Nile River is source of development, not conflict, says Al-Sisi
Egypt demands World Bank join GERD negotiations
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met Tuesday, during his visit to Addis Ababa, Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn and Minister of Foreign Affairs Workneh Gebeyehu, where he followed up on the cooperation between the two countries following the latest round of tripartite meetings between Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia regarding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). According …
Shoukry discusses resuming negotiations on GERD in Addis Ababa
Egypt’s minister of water resources previously announced failure of negotiations of TNCRD
Shokry to visit Ethiopia next week to continue GERD negotiations
Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs highlights importance of GERD case, Sudan’s bias towards Ethiopia against Egypt
Desalegn visit raises controversy about Ethiopia’s intentions on GERD
Egypt has nothing against building dams on Nile, but opposes lack of coordination with Nile Basin countries if nation decides to build one, says Egyptian minister of irrigation
2018 will be year of development for Egyptian foreign diplomacy and international relations: Al-Orabi
Amid the ongoing conflicts that are occupying world news, Egypt’s foreign policy has been challenged with several crises such as the military conflicts in Syria, Libya, Iraq, and Yemen, as well as the volatile political situations in Lebanon, Sudan, Palestine, and sub-Saharan Africa, besides the disputes with Ethiopia over the GERD. The foreign policy of …
GERD has no significant impact on downstream countries: Ethiopian water minister
The dam is being constructed around-the-clock, says Bekele
A message on the Nile
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) topic is back to remind us of, and affirm, what we had said five years ago, which is basically that the core problem is neither governed by emotion nor ministerial aids with a little help from diplomacy, but it is governed by political rules, international law, and international conventions. …
Sea level rise, GERD put Egypt’s Nile Delta at risk of submergence: GSA
The Nile flow currently barely supplies 97% of Egypt’s present water needs with only 660 cubic metres per person.
No one can touch Egypt’s water: Al-Sisi on GERD
President asserted that talks with Sudan and Ethiopia made clear that there should not be a decrease Egypt’s water share
Ministry of Irrigation reaffirms Ethiopia has not begun filling GERD
Egypt fears the dam will affect its historic Nile water share of 55bn square metres
Ethiopia asserts commitment to coordinate with Egypt through GERD negotiations
Ethiopia parliamentary speaker meets with an Egyptian delegation following news of preparations to store water in the GERD
Meetings of Nile basin countries regarding Entebbe agreement resume
Negotiations over Egypt’s returning to Nile Basin Initiative started two years ago
Egypt calls for tripartite meeting with Ethiopia, Sudan
Sameh Shoukry discussed bilateral relations with newly appointed Ethiopian foreign minister
Saudi official reported visit to GERD could deepen tensions with Egypt
Despite mounting tensions, Egyptian and Saudi officials insist bilateral relations have not been strained
Sudan’s irrigation minister arrives in Cairo for GERD talks
Moataz Moussa is Sudan’s envoy to head the Arab Water Council Session
Egyptian agriculture crisis worsens, mainly due to lack of water
Government’s reclamation projects facing doubts
Egypt signs final contracts for GERD consultation offices, left with ambiguous consequences
Ethiopia will have completed the construction of the Renaissance Dam by the time the results of the studies are ready
Irrigation Minister heads to Sudan to sign contracts for GERD consultation offices
The studies will examine how the dam will impact Egypt’s water share, but results will be released in a year, by which time Ethiopia will have completed construction of the dam
Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia irrigation ministers to finalise GERD consultation offices agreement
GERD will be completed by the time consultation offices issue results of studies, says expert
Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia have surpassed disputes over GERD: Sudanese FM
An Egyptian-Sudanese summit will be held in Cairo in October, says Ghandour
Egypt to contract with GERD consultation office in September
The consultation office is assigned to carry out technical studies on the dam to determine its riskiness
Egypt faces water shortage crisis aside from GERD: Water Minister
Cabinet is currently preparing alternative plan to adjust to water shortage
World Bank facilitates talks between Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia
Water ministers of the three countries are visiting the US to gain knowledge about the Colorado River