Egypt Today “As for drought durations, the water flowing into the reservoir will remain in the dam”, the General Manager of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Kifle Horo, told Al Arabiyah on Monday. Horo explained, “during heavy rains, water would overflow in the direction of the two downstream countries. …
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Ahmed Kotb – Ahram Online “The EU is ready to engage more to help reach a satisfactory agreement for all parties involved in the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) crisis”, European Union Special Representative to the Horn of Africa Annette Weber said on Tuesday. “Building trust between Egypt, Sudan and …
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Egypt Independent The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs slammed Ethiopia’s unilateral operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), in a reaction to an Ethiopian announcement on Sunday. “In response to the Ethiopian announcement on Sunday of unilaterally starting the operation of GERD, after the previous unilateral start of the …
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Ahram Online Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed called on Egypt and Sudan to “nurture the narrative towards building peace, cooperation and mutual coexistence” of the disputed Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). His remarks were published on his official Twitter account on Thursday. “GERD was constructed through the earnest contribution of …
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Egypt Independent “Ethiopia plans to clear 17,000 hectares (40,000 acres) of forests around the Renaissance Dam next month, in preparation for a new filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)”, a statement announced on Thursday. The third filling announcement was made at a meeting between Ethiopian Minister of Irrigation …
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Ahram Online “Over six million people in drought-hit areas of Eastern and Southern Ethiopia will need life-saving assistance this year”, the UN’s emergency response agency said in a new report on Wednesday. The drought is adding to the humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia, especially where the war between government forces and …
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Amr Kandil – Ahram Online “The Supreme Council of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) reject any act or measure that harms the Egyptian and Sudanese rights in the River Nile”, said the final communique at the end of the 42ndmeeting of the GCC summit held in Riyadh on Tuesday. Egypt …
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Egypt Today As the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) forces advance towards the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed transferred his powers to his deputy and headed to the war front on Wednesday. Ethiopians live in a state of confusion and fear amid speculations that the regime is …
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Ahram Online The United Nations will evacuate family members of international staff from war torn Ethiopia, as rebels claim to be advancing closer to the capital on Tuesday. “An internal UN security order asked the organisation to coordinate the evacuation and ensure that all eligible family members of internationally recruited …
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Ahram Online On Thursday, Ethiopia outlined conditions for possible negotiations with rebels from the country’s war-hit Tigray region. The decision came after days of frantic diplomatic efforts by international envoys to stem in fighting. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government has been locked in a year-long war with the Tigray People’s …
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