The Elephant in The Room: What is behind the stalled GERD negotiation and how should it move forward? COMMENT | DR TIRUSEW ASEFA | Every roadblock in the tripartite negotiation between Egypt, Ethiopia, and the Sudan leads to one issue: Nile water use allocation. Both Egypt and Sudan are adamant …
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River Nile countries push for an interconnected power grid SPECIAL FEATURE | ESPOIR IRADUKUNDA & RONALD MUSOKE | It is 9am in downtown Bujumbura— Burundi’s commercial city, and the alleys are already crowded with buyers and sellers haggling noisily over prices of merchandise. They must shout to be heard because …
Read More »Police retrieve body of tourist who drowned in River Nile
Pakwach, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The search for the body of Robert Kaweesi, a Briton of Ugandan origin who drowned in River Nile in Pakwach on Wednesday, has been concluded after police divers recovered his body. The incident happened at around 6:40 pm when Kaweesi, 48, together with his family …
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Pakwach, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Pakwach district is investigating the death of one Robert Kaweesi, a Briton of Ugandan origin who drowned in the River Nile on Wednesday. The incident happened at around 6:40pm when Kaweesi, 48, together with his family of four went swimming in a restricted part …
Read More »Sudan welcomes Algerian initiative to hold direct talks on Nile dam
Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | Sudan on Saturday welcomed an Algerian initiative calling for holding a direct meeting between leaders of Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia to reach a solution for the differences over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Chairman of Sudan’s Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan on Saturday met …
Read More »Battle over Nile waters rages on at UN Security Council
New York, US | THE INDEPENDENT | The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in Ethiopia was again brought for debate at the United Nations Security Council, with Egypt warning that “a nation of over one hundred million souls – is facing an existential threat”. FULL SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS PARFAIT ONANGA-ANYANGA, …
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Nile Council of Ministers call on Nile Basin countries to increase coordination in planning of water use Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | THE INDEPENDENT | Projections of future water demand based on national plans show a widening gap between water availability and water demand, which could lead to increasing water conflict …
Read More »Shortage of funds hampers River Nile investment projects
Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lack of funds in the country and at the transboundary level is hampering attempts to limit fights over River Nile water through development projects. The concern is one of the highlights as countries in the Nile Basin celebrated the annual Nile day held on February …
Read More »Sudan meets AU experts over Nile dam crisis
Khartoum, Sudan | XINHUA | Sudanese officials and African Union (AU) experts team on Saturday held a meeting over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), said Sudan’s Irrigation and Water Resources Ministry. “Sudan’s negotiating team over the GERD, headed by Sudan’s Irrigation and Water Resources Minister Yasir Abbas, held a …
Read More »Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia agree to hold more talks on Nile dam
Cairo, Egypt | Xinhua | Ministers of foreign affairs and irrigation of Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia agreed on Sunday to hold a week-long round of negotiations to discuss the substantive aspects and controversial points over the disputed Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Agreement for the new round of talks came …
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