Nile| Ethiopia already updating project documents, studies
(Ministry of Foreign Affairs) The International Panel of Experts commissioned to report on the impact of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has handed its findings to the governments of Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt. It has produced a lengthy, detailed and technical report after seeing all the documentation for the design, construction and related studies, … Read more
Saudi King puts Anti-Ethiopian prince under house arrest
PressTV reported that: Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz has ordered former deputy Defense Minister Prince Khaled bin Sultan bin Abdul Aziz be put under house arrest. The monarch apparently issued the order after the country’s intelligence services detected suspicious activities by the officers within the ground forces who are close to the former … Read more
Egypt’s ‘dam stupid’ threats to Ethiopia (Finian Cunningham)
(By Finian Cunningham) It was the British who insisted that their former colonial territories of Egypt and Sudan should receive the abundance of the Nile from the sub-Saharan African countries – for free and forevermore. The legal rights that modern-day Egypt refers to are, therefore, the legacy of British colonialism that was designed to disadvantage … Read more
Nile| Ethiopia: Panic over the river ‘diversion’ an Egyptian hoax
(Ministry of Foreign Affairs – weekly bulletin) In the past few days, Egyptian media has been flooded with fiery rhetoric some of which gives the impression that war between Egypt and Ethiopia is inevitable because of the recent news about the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and the release of the final report of the … Read more
S.Sudan: ‘Ethiopia has the right to use Nile for electricity, irrigation’
(Xinhua) The construction of Ethiopia’s dam on the Blue Nile River will benefit current and future generations of Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia, said South Sudanese Official here on Thursday. The construction of the dam in Ethiopia would not affect adversely the interest of the other countries like Egypt or Sudan, said the Official. Pagan Amum, … Read more
Nile| Ethiopia: Parliament unanimously ratifies Entebbe treaty
(Daniel Berhane) Ethiopian Parliament passed a law to ratify the Nile Basin Cooperative Framework Agreement (a.k.a. the Entebbe treaty) and make it part of the domestic law today with a unanimous vote. The Treaty – an out come of ten years long negotiations and deliberation of Nile basin countries – is the first genuinely multilateral treaty regarding the Nile, stipulating … Read more
Egypt’s limitations to stop Ethiopia’s dam militarily [Stratfor]
Summary Ethiopia’s initiation of a dam project on the Blue Nile has quickly drawn the ire of Egypt, which is critically dependent on it as a source of much of the country’s freshwater needs. As Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr said June 9 following Ethiopia’s refusal to halt construction of the dam and ahead … Read more
Ethiopian PM: Nile war unlikely, lest Muslim Brotherhood go insane (+Video)
(Zeryhun Kassa) The construction of the Renaissance Dam is a major undertaking of Ethiopia to lead the country the way out of poverty and no one has the power to halt the construction project, Prime Minister Hailemariam reiterates the stance of his government. Prime Minister Hailemariam slammed recent provocative comments of Egyptian politicians of the … Read more
Westerners unrderreport Sudan’s bravery, Egypt’s belligerency
(Daniel Berhane) Western-darling Egypt proved to be a cause of regional tension, while Khartoum stood firm on the side of reason and peace regarding the Nile waters issue. A flood of reports evidencing Egyptian belligerency have surfaced in the past two weeks. However, American and European media appear to have chosen to under-report the scale … Read more
መንግስት፡- “የታላቁ ሕዳሴ ግድብ ግንባታ ተጠናክሮ ይቀጥላል”
* በግብፅም ሆነ በሌላ ማንኛውም ወገን የሚቀርብ የግድቡን ግንባታ የማዘግየት ወይንም ከነአካቴው የማቋረጥ ነገር ፈፅሞ ተቀባይነት የለውም * በሕዳሴው ግድብ ሽፋን የውስጥ ችግርን ለማቃለል የሚደረገው ጥረትም የግብፅን ዘላቂ ጥቅም አይጠብቅም – የታላቁ የኢትዮጵያ ሕዳሴ ግድብ ግንባታ ተጠናክሮ እንደሚቀጥል የኢፌዴሪ የውጭ ጉዳይ ሚኒስቴር አስታወቀ፡፡ የኢፌዴሪ ውጭ ጉዳይ ሚኒስቴር “የታላቁ ሕዳሴ ግድብ ግንባታ ተጠናክሮ ይቀጥላል” በሚል ርዕስ … Read more
