Ethiopia starts partial power generation from Blue Nile dam
2 years, 10 months ago

Ethiopia starts partial power generation from Blue Nile dam

LA Times  

The dam has been a source of tension between Ethiopia and Sudan and Egypt. The milestone was reached Sunday morning when one of the 13 turbines of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam started power generation in an event officiated by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. “We just started generating power, but that doesn’t mean the project is completed,” said Kifle Horo, the dam’s project manager. “It will take from two and half to three years to complete it.” The dam, which will have a total power generating capacity of 6,500 megawatts, has been a source of tension between Ethiopia and the other riparian states, Sudan and Egypt. Egypt’s Foreign Ministry said in a terse statement Sunday that Ethiopia’s move is another “breach” of the agreement of principles that the three countries signed in 2015.

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Egypt’s leader el-Sissi slams Ethiopia-Somaliland coastline deal and vows support for Somalia
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Egypt’s leader el-Sissi slams Ethiopia-Somaliland coastline deal and vows support for Somalia

Associated Press  

CAIRO — Egypt’s leader said Sunday his country stands shoulder to shoulder with Somalia in its dispute with landlocked Ethiopia, which struck a deal with Somaliland to obtain access to the sea and establish a marine force base. He called on Ethiopia to seek benefits from seaports in Somalia and Djibouti “through transitional means,” rather than through attempts to “control …

Ethiopia and Egypt say no agreement in latest talks over a contentious dam on the Nile
1 year ago

Ethiopia and Egypt say no agreement in latest talks over a contentious dam on the Nile

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopia and Egypt said the latest round of talks over a huge, highly contentious hydroelectric dam Ethiopia has built on the Nile’s main tributary again ended with no deal. Egypt’s Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation said the talks were unsuccessful due to Ethiopia’s “persistent refusal” to accept any compromise. The dam is on the Blue Nile …

Ethiopia and Egypt say no agreement in latest talks over a contentious dam on the Nile
1 year ago

Ethiopia and Egypt say no agreement in latest talks over a contentious dam on the Nile

The Independent  

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Latest talks between Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt over mega dam on the Nile end without breakthrough
1 year, 3 months ago

Latest talks between Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt over mega dam on the Nile end without breakthrough

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The latest talks over the …

Latest talks between Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt over mega dam on the Nile end without breakthrough
1 year, 3 months ago

Latest talks between Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt over mega dam on the Nile end without breakthrough

Associated Press  

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — The latest talks over the mega dam that Ethiopia is building on the Nile River’s main tributary have broken up without an agreement. About 85% of the river’s flow originates from the Blue Nile in Ethiopia though Egypt has received the lion’s share of the Nile’s waters under decades-old agreements dating back to the British colonial …

Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan resume negotiations over a disputed dam
1 year, 4 months ago

Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan resume negotiations over a disputed dam

Associated Press  

CAIRO — Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan resumed their years-long negotiations Sunday over the controversial dam Ethiopia is building on the Nile River’s main tributary, officials said. The resumption of talks came after President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi and Ethiopia Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said last month that they aim to reach within four months an agreement on the operation of the …

Ethiopia starts electricity production at Blue Nile mega-dam
2 years, 10 months ago

Ethiopia starts electricity production at Blue Nile mega-dam

Al Jazeera  

Sudan and Egypt see the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam as a threat, but Ethiopia sees it as essential for its development. Ethiopia began producing electricity for the first time from its Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam – a massive hydropower plant on the River Nile that neighbours Sudan and Egypt say will cause severe water shortages downstream. “As you can see, …

Ethiopia’s Blue Nile mega-dam explained
3 years, 6 months ago

Ethiopia’s Blue Nile mega-dam explained

Al Jazeera  

Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is the source of an almost decade-long diplomatic standoff between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is the source of an almost decade-long diplomatic standoff between Ethiopia and downstream nations Egypt and Sudan. Egypt has based its share of the river’s waters on a 1959 deal that gave it 55.5 billion cubic metres …

Congo leader visits Sudan, Egypt for talks on Nile dispute
3 years, 8 months ago

Congo leader visits Sudan, Egypt for talks on Nile dispute

Associated Press  

CAIRO — Congo’s president, the current head of the African Union, met Saturday with Egyptian and Sudanese officials amid international and regional efforts to relaunch negotiations over Ethiopia’s disputed dam on the Nile River’s main tributary. Burhan reiterated Sudan’s call for a negotiated agreement on the filling and operation of the dam’s massive reservoir, the sovereign council said in a …

Sudan invites Ethiopia, Egypt to Nile Dam summit
3 years, 9 months ago

Sudan invites Ethiopia, Egypt to Nile Dam summit

Al Jazeera  

Egypt regards the dam as an existential threat to its water supplies, while Khartoum fears its own dams would be harmed. Sudan’s prime minister has invited his Egyptian and Ethiopian counterparts to a closed-door meeting to discuss the long-running dispute over Addis Ababa’s mega-dam on the Blue Nile, his office said. Ever since the construction began on the $4.6bn dam …

Fifty years on, the Nile dam that changed the face of Egypt
4 years ago

Fifty years on, the Nile dam that changed the face of Egypt

The Independent  

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Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan fail to make progress on disputed dam
4 years, 2 months ago

Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan fail to make progress on disputed dam

Associated Press  

CAIRO — Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan failed to agree on a new negotiating approach to resolve their years-long dispute over the controversial dam that Ethiopia is building on the Blue Nile, the three countries said Wednesday. The renewed talks followed President Donald Trump’s comments in which he said downstream Egypt could end up “blowing up” the project, which Cairo has …

Three-way talks over Ethiopia's Nile River dam set to resume
4 years, 2 months ago

Three-way talks over Ethiopia's Nile River dam set to resume

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Negotiations between Egypt Ethiopia and Sudan over the controversial dam …

Ethiopia condemns Trump remark that Egypt will ‘blow up’ dam
4 years, 2 months ago

Ethiopia condemns Trump remark that Egypt will ‘blow up’ dam

LA Times  

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo, center right, walks with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed after meeting in Addis Ababa in February. Ethiopia on Saturday denounced “belligerent threats” over the huge dam it has nearly completed on the Blue Nile River, a day after President Trump said that Egypt will “blow up” the project it has called an existential …

Ethiopian dam on Nile means our death, say Egypt's farmers
4 years, 4 months ago

Ethiopian dam on Nile means our death, say Egypt's farmers

India Today  

In the winter of 1964, Makhluf Abu Kassem was born in this agricultural community newly created at the far end of Egypt's Fayoum oasis. Now, Abu Kassem fears that a dam Ethiopia is building on the Blue Nile, the Nile's main tributary, could add to the severe water shortages already hitting his village if no deal is struck to ensure …

Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan resume AU-led talks over disputed dam
4 years, 4 months ago

Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan resume AU-led talks over disputed dam

Associated Press  

CAIRO — Three key Nile basin countries on Sunday resumed online negotiations led by the African Union to resolve a years-long dispute over a giant hydroelectric dam that Ethiopia is building on the Blue Nile, Egyptian and Ethiopian officials said. The two downstream nations, Egypt and Sudan, have repeatedly insisted Ethiopia must not start filling the reservoir without reaching a …

Ethiopia’s leader hails 1st filling of massive, disputed dam
4 years, 5 months ago

Ethiopia’s leader hails 1st filling of massive, disputed dam

Associated Press  

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Ethiopia’s prime minister on Wednesday hailed the first filling of a massive dam that has led to tensions with Egypt, saying two turbines will begin generating power next year. The first filling of the dam’s reservoir, which Ethiopia’s government attributes to heavy rains, “has shown to the rest of the world that our country could stand …

Ethiopia, Egypt reach ‘major common understanding’ on dam
4 years, 5 months ago

Ethiopia, Egypt reach ‘major common understanding’ on dam

Associated Press  

JOHANNESBURG — Ethiopia’s prime minister said Tuesday his country, Egypt and Sudan have reached a “major common understanding which paves the way for a breakthrough agreement” on a massive dam project that has led to sharp regional tensions and led some to fear military conflict. Ethiopia has said the rising water is from heavy rains, and the new statement said …

Tensions over Nile River dam project as heavy rain sows confusion
4 years, 5 months ago

Tensions over Nile River dam project as heavy rain sows confusion

CNN  

CNN — Nine years of talks and several fragile agreements over how to share the water of the world’s longest river were almost thrown out of the window last week — all because of a bout of heavy rain. Satellite images released last Tuesday by the US-based company Maxar Technologies showed water pooling in a reservoir behind a controversial dam …

Egypt is backed into a corner over the Nile dam – it may have no choice but to go to war
4 years, 5 months ago

Egypt is backed into a corner over the Nile dam – it may have no choice but to go to war

The Independent  

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The Ethiopians are building a massive dam, and Egypt is worried
5 years, 9 months ago

The Ethiopians are building a massive dam, and Egypt is worried

LA Times  

Since Ethiopia announced plans nearly a decade ago to build a massive hydroelectric dam along the Blue Nile tributary, the Egyptian government has waited in dread at the prospects that its freshwater lifeline could slow by as much as 25%. “We don’t have any other resource in Egypt except the Nile water,” warned professor Nader Nour el-Din, a soil and …

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