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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Egypt Today Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Chairman of the Sudan Transitional Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan discussed issues of mutual concern in a meeting in Cairo on Wednesday. Egypt reaffirmed its commitment to support Sudan via assistance packages, logistic and humanitarian aid. Cairo vowed to continue its technical …
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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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Egypt Independent “There are countries in the council manipulating the issue (of the Ethiopian Dam)”, said the Secretary General of the Arab League, Ahmed Aboul Gheit. He told the Egyptian Sada al-Balad TV channel on Wednesday, in relation to the United Nation’s Security Council resolution on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance …
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Egypt Independent Egyptian Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources, Mohamed Abdel-Aty, called for “a specific negotiations timetable on the rules for filling and operating the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)”, at a press conference on Monday. “There are contacts at different levels and from different countries, but they are not …
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Egypt Independent The Tunisian Foreign Ministry expressed, Thursday, its “astonishment”, following an Ethiopian Foreign Ministry statement, which questioned Tunisia’s commitment to defending African issues in international fora. “On September 15, 2021, the Security Council adopted a presidential statement regarding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. Tunisia submitted a draft of this …
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Ahram Online Egypt has welcomed a statement issued on Wednesday by the UN Security Council calling to resume negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). “The UNSC has urged observers of previous GERD negotiations under the African Union’s sponsorship, and any other observers to be involved in future dam …
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