Zeinab el-Gundy – Ahram Online Sudan said it may withdraw from the current round of talks on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on Tuesday, if Ethiopia insists on linking a long-term agreement on the filling and operating of the dam to creating a convention on the use of the …
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Zeinab el-Gundy – Ahram Online Egypt refused Ethiopia’s unilateral initial filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), during the second round of African Union (AU)-brokered talks on Monday. Officials from Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan have agreed that the legal and technical committees will discuss points of contention between 4 …
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Egypt Today A new round of negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) resumed on Monday. The refreshed negotiations has been attended by representatives of Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan, observers from the United States, the European Union and the African Union Commission (AUC). The three countries are seeking to reach …
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Ahram Online Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi said, “Egypt is currently in a possibly long battle of negotiations on the filling and operation of the disputed Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)” on Tuesday. During the inauguration of a major industrial complex in the Sharqiya governorate on Tuesday, Sisi said “we currently …
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Egypt Today Spokesperson of the Egyptian Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources Mohammed Sebaei said, on Saturday, “the first filling of the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) does not harm Egypt’s share of the Nile Waters”. Sebaei added “the water reserve of the High Dam’s lake covers the Egyptian needs of …
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Egypt Today The African Union (AU) called on Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan on Friday, to urgently finalize a binding agreement on the filling and operation of the Renaissance Dam, with the support of African Union experts and observers. The AU said that the latest GERD negotiations session on Tuesday reflected …
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Egypt Today Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed congratulated Ethiopians on completing the first phase of the filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on Wednesday. Ahmed, justified the filling of the Renaissance Dam as “due to the heavy rainfall season”. Earlier, Sudanese Minister of Irrigation Yasser Abbas said, “it …
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International law will have the final say on preserving Egypt’s water rights after the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, says Professor Muhammed Sameh Amr Muhammed Sameh Amr Since 2011, Ethiopia has been constructing a new dam, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), on the Blue Nile without paying …
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Ahram Online “The Tuesday African Union (AU) summit between the leaders of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan highlighted the importance of reaching a legally binning deal on the filling and operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance dam (GERD)”, the Egyptian Foreign ministry said on Wednesday. The virtual mini summit was chaired …
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Egypt Independent The Khartoum State Water Corporation announced that “several of its Nile water stations have gone out of service due to a sudden decline of the Nile’s water on Sunday”. According to the Sudanese News Agency, “the corporation’s Director General Anwar al-Sadat al-Hajj Mohamed, explained in press statements that …
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