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  1. Egyptian Foreign Minister Plans to Head to Ethiopia

    11 Jun 2013- 09:59 by Local Press Report CAIRO ASWAT MASRIYA Arrangements are underway for the Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Kamel Amr, to visit Ethiopia in the upcoming days, in order to discuss the most recent developments in the Nile ...

    Local Press Report - 06/11/2013 - 10:07

  2. East Africa Tackling Lake Victoria Challenges

    12 Oct 2012- 09:43 by Local Press Report DAR ES SALAAM Tanzania Daily News Efforts are underway to address challenges affecting Lake Victoria with a basin spanning an area of 19,400 square kilometres, which is home to approximately 35 million people, ...

    Local Press Report - 10/12/2012 - 09:45

  3. Uganda Moves Ahead With Controversial $900 Million Bujagali Dam

    12 Oct 2012- 00:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent KAMPALA, Uganda Uganda is moving ahead with the controversial 250-megawatt Bujagali Dam on the Victoria Nile River near Jinja. The $900 million USD project was commissioned on October 9. The dam, developed by ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 10/12/2012 - 09:50

  4. Sudan, South Sudan Prepare Water Agreement

    18 Jun 2012- 00:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent KHARTOUM, Sudan Officials at the Sudanese Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources announced on June 13 that they are preparing a comprehensive agreement that will govern Sudan’s water relations with its ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 06/18/2012 - 09:50

  5. African Land Grabs Are Water Grabs

    14 Jun 2012- 12:10 by OOSKAnews Correspondent BARCELONA, Spain Foreign investors, both public and private, have been snatching up relatively cheap land all over Africa, primarily for food production to be exported out of the most food-insecure continent ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 05/30/2013 - 08:16

  6. 10 People Dying Daily from Water Shortage in South Sudan

    13 Jun 2012- 09:16 by Local Press Report JUBA Bloomberg As many as 10 refugees are dying daily as water runs out in camps in South Sudan hosting an influx of people fleeing fighting in Sudan’s Blue Nile state, the aid group Medicines Sans Frontieres said. ...

    Local Press Report - 06/13/2012 - 09:29

  7. 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

  8. Egypt Helps Upstream Nile Countries Reduce Waste, Protects Downstream Supply

    7 Jun 2012- 08:41 by OOSKAnews Correspondent CAIRO, Egypt Egypt will carry out a series of major projects in upstream Nile Basin countries, with the goal of increasing the flow of Nile water and increasing the amount available to the country, Egyptian ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 06/07/2012 - 11:18

  9. Egypt, Sudan, Libya Use Common Groundwater to Achieve Food Security

    1 Jun 2012- 00:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent CAIRO, Egypt Egypt, Sudan and Libya will use groundwater sources located along their common borders to achieve food security, according to Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamil Amr. “The Egyptian government ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 06/01/2012 - 10:14

  10. Nile Issues Off the Agenda at African Water Ministers Meeting

    21 May 2012- 00:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent CAIRO, Egypt Nile Basin issues were not high on the agenda at last week’s African Ministers Council on Water (AMCOW) meeting in Cairo, even though Egyptian officials were eager to address the topic. “Water is ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 05/16/2013 - 05:15

  11. Egypt to Help Burundi With Wells, Rainwater Harvesting

    13 Dec 2010- 14:27 by OOSKAnews Correspondent CAIRO, Egypt Egypt will help Burundi with management of its water resources, according to Egyptian Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Mohamed Nasreddine AUam. The announcement came after a meeting in ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 01/14/2011 - 04:00

  12. Battle for the Nile Heats Up

    13 Dec 2010- 14:27 by OOSKAnews Correspondent ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia The simmering dispute over the Nile River between Egypt and downstream African states is heating up again with Ethiopia alleging Cairo supports insurgents fighting the government of Prime ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 05/15/2012 - 15:18

  13. Burundi Reassures Egypt on Nile Water Agreement

    22 Nov 2010- 13:48 by OOSKAnews Correspondent CAIRO, Egypt Burundi would never take a position that conflicts with Egypt's Nile River water interests, according to Burundian presidential adviser Mohammad Rokara, who met last week with Egyptian ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 01/14/2011 - 03:00

  14. Egyptian, Sudanese Water Ministers Hold Talks

    15 Nov 2010- 13:48 by OOSKAnews Correspondent CAIRO, Egypt Egyptian Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Mohamed Nasreddine Ailam held talks with his Sudanese counterparts in Khartoum and Juba ahead of the Nile Basin donors meeting held in Uganda ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 01/14/2011 - 03:00

  15. Egypt Renovates 16 Nile Water Gauging Stations in Southern Sudan

    27 Sep 2010- 14:47 by OOSKAnews Correspondent CAIRO, Egypt A delegation of the Egyptian Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources has started executive procedures for a project aimed at renovating and rehabilitating 16 Nile water gauging stations in ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 01/14/2011 - 02:00

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