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Egypt, The Devil’s Dream against Peace of the Horn

Esleman Aba Agust 12, 2021 Egyptian intelligence chief Abbas Kamel was in Khartoum many times, also try to convince Juba. Egyptian delegates were also in Somaliland a year before. Cairo’s secession of the East African region has reportedly been discussed in connection with the Renaissance Dam. Many agree that the Cairo Intelligence Agency’s agenda in […]

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The second filling of the GERD will not impact our interests, assures Egypt’s FM

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry reassured Egyptians that second filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam will not negatively impact them, as Egypt still has the Aswan High Dam reservoir to rely on. “We have confidence that the second filling of the dam will not affect Egyptian interests,” the Foreign Minister said in an interview with

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Ethiopia’s Foreign Minister has spoken out against a 1959 treaty between Egypt and Sudan dividing Nile water

Amr Salahi April 17,201 The two downstream countries of ‘monopolizing’ the Nile as negotiations stall. Ethiopian Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, Demeke Mekonnen, has said that Ethiopia “cannot and will not agree” to recognize Egyptian and Sudanese claims to Nile water made under a 1959 treaty between the two countries. Speaking at an online

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Egypt, Sudan reject Ethiopian proposal for data sharing on Renaissance dam

(Reuters) – Egypt and Sudan on Saturday rejected an Ethiopian proposal to share data on the operations of its giant hydropower dam on the Blue Nile after negotiations between the three countries in Kinshasa this week ended without progress. Ethiopia is pinning its hopes of economic development and power generation on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance

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Egypt’s El Sisi “Red Line” on The Greater Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) !!!!

Tedla Asfaw March 3, 2021 Egypt’s El Sisi after he removes the giant ship that blocked a Suez Canal for a week it seems he is energized somehow to draw a “red line” at the Greater Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). El Sisi is known for drawing red lines. Last year in Libya that shared a

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Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia Urged to Reach Mutually Acceptable Solution on GERD

Addis Ababa 20/2020 (ENA)  Russia’s Ambassador to Ethiopia has urged Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia to reach mutually acceptable solution on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) through dialogue and in compliance with international law. In an exclusive interview with ENA, Ambassador Evgeny Terekhin said his country has friendly relations with all the tripartite countries and

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Egypt has a water problem—and no, it’s not only the GERD

By Yaniv Cohen / Atlantic  Council October 27, 2019 The much-talked-about Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), the mega-dam threatening to leave Egypt thirsty, is just the latest straw straining the camel’s back. Egypt’s water stress has been building up long beforehand. The Nile River, a once seemingly unending water resource serving Egypt as a dependable and

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