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Perilous times for Australia wildlife amid severe drought
Environment

Perilous times for Australia wildlife amid severe drought

From abandoned baby kangaroos to wallabies being blinded by the sun and koalas having to go walkabout to look for…
EU-Egyptian water conference aims to help ‘12.5 million Egyptians’
Environment

EU-Egyptian water conference aims to help ‘12.5 million Egyptians’

  Amid an approaching freshwater crisis, the first “EU-Egypt Water Cooperation Days” conference was inaugurated on Wednesday, by the European…
President Sisi calls on countries not to politicize water issues
Egypt

President Sisi calls on countries not to politicize water issues

  President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi called on countries not to politicize water issues, saying that “Egypt firmly believes in trans-border…
Egypt’s parliament discuss important water resources draft law
Egypt

Egypt’s parliament discuss important water resources draft law

  Parliament member Hisham al-Hosary, deputy of the Committee on Agriculture and Irrigation, said that a draft law regarding water…
Water crisis salts the earth in Iraq’s long-neglected south
Middle East

Water crisis salts the earth in Iraq’s long-neglected south

BAGHDAD (AP) — Qassim Sabaan Ali has spent the past 15 years tending to orchards in southern Iraq, only to…
Egypt below water poverty level: Minister
Egypt

Egypt below water poverty level: Minister

  Egypt’s Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation Ezz Eddin Abo Setit said on Wednesday that Egypt suffers from water…
Egypt to begin importing rice after slashing its own cultivation
Business

Egypt to begin importing rice after slashing its own cultivation

Egypt will begin importing rice, a crop it has typically had in surplus, to increase stocks and “control the market,”…
Egypt, OFID sign $53.2mn irrigation project agreement
Business

Egypt, OFID sign $53.2mn irrigation project agreement

Minister of Investment and International Cooperation Sahar Nasr and Chairman of the OPEC Fund of International Development (OFID) Suleiman al-Herbish…
Egypt establishing 19 desalination plants to use Red and Mediterranean Seas’ waters
Egypt

Egypt establishing 19 desalination plants to use Red and Mediterranean Seas’ waters

Egypt’s Minister of Housing Mostafa Madbouli reviewed recently the ongoing establishment of 19 desalination plants in Egypt for the Red…
World needs ‘greener’ water policies as demand rises: UN
World

World needs ‘greener’ water policies as demand rises: UN

Governments should focus on “greener” policies to improve the supply and quality of water as climate change and a growing…
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