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17 Oct 2021 CAIRO

Egypt To Chair AMCOW From 2023

Outgoing African Ministers’ Council on Water president called for activating the council’s role in achieving cooperation among African countries in the field of shared water management.

21 Sep 2021 NEW YORK NY, United States

Security Council Urges Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan To Resume GERD Talks

UN Security Council stresses need for Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt to continue talks with African Union in order to agree water sharing of Nile River.

30 Apr 2021 KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo

Rhetoric Escalates As GERD Talks Fail To Make Progress

Ethiopia has called for a meeting of the African Union as tripartite talks fail again, plans to recommence reservoir filling in July's rainy season. Egypt and Sudan have insisted upon reaching agreement on water flows prior to any further filling.

10 Apr 2021 CAIRO

Egypt, EU, EIB, Discuss Water Sustainability As Driver For Growth

Developing and supporting green and sustainable business models should be the common goal to create jobs, generate wealth and yield benefits to our planet: Ministry

16 Mar 2021 GENEVA, Switzerland

Women in Water Diplomacy: Middle East and North Africa - New Report

Issues of women’s participation and gender equality in governance of shared waters have received insufficient attention.

12 Mar 2021 WASHINGTON DC, United States

Broader International Mediation Sought In GERD Impasse

Egypt and Sudan have renewed their calls for a new negotiating mechanism mediated by four international parties to help resolve the long-running dispute with Ethiopia over the GERD (Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam) project.

6 Mar 2021 WASHINGTON DC, United States

Broader international mediation sought to resolve GERD impasse as US reviews aid freeze

Egypt and Sudan have renewed their calls for a new negotiating mechanism mediated by four international parties to help resolve the long-running dispute with Ethiopia over the GERD (Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam) project.It comes as the US plans to review the freeze of $272 Million USD in aid to Ethiopia imposed by the Trump administration in response to its GERD actions...

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16 Feb 2021 CAIRO

Water Wastage Fines For Egyptian Farmers

Egypt is fining farmers for wasting water as Ethiopia approaches the second phase of the filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), built on one of the main tributaries of the Nile River, which Cairo fears will affect its share of water. On Jan. 28, the Egyptian Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, Mohamed Abdel-Aty, stressed the importance of finding successful ways to switch from flood irrigation to modern irrigation systems...

8 Feb 2021 CAIRO

Russian Partner Will Support Egypt Seawater Desal Project

The government of Egypt has entered into a partnership with Russia for construction of a plant to manufacture seawater desalination components in the North African country. The agreement which was signed between the Arab Organisation for Industrialisation (AOI), the Engineering Authority of the Egyptian Armed Forces, the University of Alexandria, and RUSNANO Group, a Russian innovation development institution created in the frame of Presidential Initiative termed "Strategy for Development of Nanotechnology Industry", aims to support the North African country government’s plan to supply drinking water through desalination plants...

3 Feb 2021 THE HAGUE, Netherlands

Water Must Be Driving Force In Climate Change Adaptation Policies

Water challenges featured on the agenda as one of the “action themes” at January's Climate Adaptation Summit 2021, hosted virtually by the Netherlands, with more than 30 world leaders stating unequivocally their firm support of climate adaptation action, and marking a return to the world climate stage of the United States...

12 Jan 2021 KHARTOUM, Sudan

GERD Negotiations Stall Again

The latest round of tripartite (Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan) talks around the contentious Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) have broken down, following a long-standing diplomatic pattern.Background: The GERD Saga (90 news articles)Negotiations were scheduled to commence 10 January to agree upon filling and operation of the reservoir behind the dam, but “failed to reach an acceptable agreement to resume negotiations” according to Sudan state media...

28 Nov 2020 CAIRO

Egypt And World Bank Look At Water Project Cooperation

Egypt’s Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed Abdel Aaty met with a World Bank delegation, on Saturday, to discuss cooperation on new water projects. The online meeting came as part of the World Bank delegation’s follow-up on developments in Egypt’s infrastructure sector, in preparation for the anticipated completion of Egypt’s economic cooperation programmes...