water resources
Syria: Are water supplies being weaponized by Turkey?
Middle East
January 25, 2021
Syria: Are water supplies being weaponized by Turkey?
Around one million people in the Kurdish-governed region of Al-Hasakah in Syria’s northeast have again had their water supply cut…
Ethiopia begins constructing new dam in northern Amhara region
World
January 11, 2021
Ethiopia begins constructing new dam in northern Amhara region
Ethiopia broke ground on Saturday and began building a new dam worth US$125 million in North Shewa, Amhara Region. Construction…
Egypt will make use of every single drop of water: Minister
Egypt
August 31, 2020
Egypt will make use of every single drop of water: Minister
Egyptian Housing Minister Assem al-Gazzar on Sunday overviewed the ministry’s plan to maximize the use of Egypt’s available water resources…
Egypt at UN Security Council session says it will not allow any threat to its water security
Egypt
June 30, 2020
Egypt at UN Security Council session says it will not allow any threat to its water security
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry stressed during the UN Security Council’s video conference session on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam…
Egypt’s Prime Minister discusses water shortages, modern irrigation systems
Egypt
October 29, 2019
Egypt’s Prime Minister discusses water shortages, modern irrigation systems
Egypt’s Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly held a meeting with the Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed Abdel Atty on…
Statement on military solution to GERD crisis ‘taken out of context’: Ethiopian Prime Minister
Egypt
October 24, 2019
Statement on military solution to GERD crisis ‘taken out of context’: Ethiopian Prime Minister
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met with the Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in Sochi on Thursday, where the latter stressed…
EU-UfM Egypt Water Governance and Business Forum concludes on side-lines of Cairo Water Week
Business
October 23, 2019
EU-UfM Egypt Water Governance and Business Forum concludes on side-lines of Cairo Water Week
On the sidelines of the second edition of the Cairo Water Week (CWW), the “EU-UfM Egypt Water Governance and Business…
Second edition of Cairo Water Week launches with participation of the EU
Egypt
October 21, 2019
Second edition of Cairo Water Week launches with participation of the EU
Coming as part of a cooperation framework between the European Union and Egypt, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly on Monday launched…
Egyptian MPs attend meetings internationally to discuss GERD crisis
Egypt
October 18, 2019
Egyptian MPs attend meetings internationally to discuss GERD crisis
Egypt this week continued its international moves on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) negotiations, which reached a dead end…
Ethiopia rejects Egypt’s proposal on Grand Renaissance Dam
Egypt
September 17, 2019
Ethiopia rejects Egypt’s proposal on Grand Renaissance Dam
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam meeting, which concluded on Monday evening, failed to address the dam’s technical aspects and was…