Ethiopia: Al-Amoudi pledges 1.5 Billion Br. for Renaissance dam
Ethiopian born Sauidi Billionaire, Mohammed Al-Amoudi, pledged to contribute 1.5 Billion Birr(about USD 88 mln) to the Ethiopian Grand Renaissance dam project a few hours ago. The dam project was officially launched on April 2, 2011 (then named ‘Grand Millennium dam’) on the Blue Nile River in North western Ethiopia, a few Kilometers from the … Read more
Ethiopia negated Ahram’s spin on Egyptian visit to Addis
Ethioipia issued a statement on Friday elaborating the discussion of the Prime Minister and the Egyptian delegation that took place on Monday. (The full text of the Statement, issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is posted in this blog – HERE) The Statement which intends to correct the erroneous reports of ‘some Egyptian media’ … Read more
Must Read: Egyptians confer on ‘Nile File’ and Ethiopia’s Grand Millennium dam
Highlights: A draft strategy paper mulls over international arbitration; role of Al-Azhar and the Egyptian Church; and a media plan to lobby the international community. There is a ‘Supreme Committee for the Nile water’, consisting the Prime Minister and 8 ministers. ‘the levees that held in Ethiopia on the Blue Nile [the new dam?] aims … Read more
Egyptian Pope to discuss ‘Nile crisis’ with Ethiopian Orthodox Church
The Egyptian media outlet, Almasry Alyoum, reported today that Pope Shenouda III, head of the Alexandria Coptic Church is trying to mediate the ‘Nile Crisis’ by communicating with Patriarch Abune Paulos of the Ethiopian Coptic Orthodox Church. Since Almasry Alyoum website is unlikely to be visited by most Ethiopians, I presented the news here: Sources from the Egyptian Coptic Church said … Read more
Mubarak’s war on media | On the 10th day of Egyptian revolt
It appears Egyptian President Hosini Mubarak launched a wide-scale attack on media on Thursday, Cairo Time. The attack targeted a famous blogger, journalists of several media outlets and also a facebook page. Here are some of the incidents: Blogger Sandmonkey arrested then released Earlier today, the Guardian reported the arrest of Blogger Sandmonkey and his … Read more
Egypt | Mubarak’s Thugs with Police ID, Captured by Protesters (photo)
[The following text is posted by wariscrime.org about two hours ago. I reposted it in solidarity with the Rgyptian youth fighting for freedom on Tahrir Square Cairo.] Post This Mubarak Thug’s ID, Captured by Protesters, on Your Facebooks Submitted by Ralph Lopez on Thu, 2011-02-03 05:06 Activism As morning breaks in Egypt Mubarak-hired thugs are … Read more
On the Arab revolt | Are they ready for liberal democracy?
As a result of the Jasmine Revolution that ousted Tunisian president Zine Al Abidine Ben Ali and the on-going revolt in Egypt and a couple of middle east states, we have seen politicians and commentators discussing what lies ahead. Will the protest end up replacing the current regimes by another an authoritarian regime or pave the … Read more
