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  1. Uganda Proposes Nile Basin Members’ Meeting

    22 Jan 2013- 00:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent KAMPALA, Uganda Uganda has proposed an urgent meeting of Nile Basin Initiative member countries to find ways of bringing Egypt and Sudan on board, after the two governments rejected a new agreement on ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 01/22/2013 - 09:56

  2. Nile Tripartite Committee Discussed Blue Nile Dam

    10 Oct 2012- 10:00 by Local Press Report ADDIS ABABA Sudan Tribune The Nile Tripartite Committee held a meeting on Monday in Addis Ababa to continue its study on the possible impacts of Africa's biggest dam which is under construction along the Blue ...

    Local Press Report - 10/10/2012 - 10:05

  3. South Sudan Will Join Nile Basin Initiative

    12 Jun 2012- 00:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent CAIRO, Egypt Africa’s newest state, South Sudan, will join the Nile Basin Initiative next month, Egyptian government officials said on June 6. Speaking on condition of anonymity, the officials said South Sudan ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 05/16/2013 - 05:14

  4. Egypt Worried Over Kenya’s Nile Dams

    7 May 2012- 11:38 by OOSKAnews Correspondent CAIRO, Egypt Egyptian water officials expressed concern last week over the Kenyan government’s plan to build 24 dams on the White Nile. “If there is an intention in Kenya or any other upstream Nile country to ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 05/16/2013 - 05:16

  5. Nile Entebbe Agreement Not Valid Without Egypt, Sudan

    7 May 2012- 09:10 by Local Press Report CAIRO Egypt State Information Service Full Story- Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hisham Qandeel affirmed last week that the Entebbe agreement that was signed by six Nile Basin countries is of no value or ...

    Local Press Report - 05/15/2012 - 14:21

  6. Egypt Steps up Nile Pollution Monitoring and Enforcement

    5 Mar 2012- 14:51 by OOSKAnews Correspondent CAIRO, Egypt Egypt’s Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources has developed a new strategy to protect the Nile River from pollution, Water Minister Hisham Qandil said on February 27. “The quality of water in ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 05/15/2012 - 14:28

  7. Nile Countries Tighten Cooperation on Water, Food, Energy Security

    6 Feb 2012- 13:29 by OOSKAnews Correspondent nairoBi, Kenya Water ministers from upstream Nile Basin countries pledged to scale up investment in key projects in the region during an extraordinary meeting in the Kenyan capital at the end of January.  The ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 05/15/2012 - 14:30

  8. Egypt, Sudan Sponsor Initiative to Resolve Nile Basin Dispute

    9 Jan 2012- 19:34 by OOSKAnews Correspondent CAIRO, Egypt Egypt and Sudan will propose a new initiative to resolve disputes among Nile Basin countries over the framework agreement for cooperation, Egyptian and Sudanese sources said.  The initiative will ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 05/17/2013 - 19:30

  9. After Mubarak, Egypt Seems Ready for Nile Negotiations

    19 Dec 2011- 22:14 by OOSKAnews Correspondent CAIRO, Egypt With the downfall of ousted President Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian leaders are showing more willingness to discuss sharing the waters of the Nile River with Ethiopia and other upstream African states ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 05/26/2013 - 16:00

  10. Diplomatic Row Puts Strain on Nile Pact

    19 Dec 2011- 22:11 by OOSKAnews Correspondent nairoBi, Kenya An ongoing diplomatic standoff between Kenya and Sudan could slow down progress made in the sharing of the Nile waters under the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI). A court warrant of arrest for Sudan ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 05/15/2012 - 14:33

  11. Egypt, Ethiopia Sign Water Resources Cooperation Agreement

    6 Dec 2011- 09:26 by OOSKAnews Correspondent ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia Egyptian and Ethiopian water ministers signed a water resources cooperation agreement in Addis Ababa last week. “The plan includes developing water resources management studies conducted ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 05/15/2012 - 14:35

  12. Sudan Aims to Strengthen Cooperation With Nile Basin Countries

    7 Nov 2011- 14:54 by Local Press Report KIGALI Qatar News Agency Sudan’s policy is aimed at strengthening cooperation with all countries in the Nile Basin, according to Sudanese Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Engineer Kamal Ali Mohamed. ...

    Local Press Report - 05/15/2012 - 14:38

  13. Nile Basin Ministerial Meeting Postponed

    18 Oct 2011- 10:33 by OOSKAnews Correspondent CAIRO, Egypt The meeting of the Nile Basin water and irrigation ministers, which was originally scheduled to be held on October 29 in the Rwandan capital, Kigali, has been postponed. The meeting is rescheduled ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 05/15/2012 - 14:41

  14. Benefits Sharing Key to Breaking the Nile Impasse, Say Experts

    3 Oct 2011- 16:41 by OOSKAnews Correspondent nairoBi, Kenya Nile Basin member states must reactivate cross-border projects on food, energy and environmental conservation to give impetus to negotiations aimed at reaching consensus on use of the river’s ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 05/15/2012 - 14:42

  15. Egypt, Ethiopia Seek Nile Dams Compromise, But Deal Seems Distant

    26 Sep 2011- 21:29 by OOSKAnews Correspondent CAIRO, Egypt Egypt and Ethiopia appear to be making a major effort to settle a long-running bitter dispute over sharing the waters of the Nile River, but Ethiopia’s autocratic leader, Meles Zenawi, seems ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 05/15/2012 - 14:43

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