Nile river
Qandil South Sudan visit to discuss Nile water, cooperation
Egypt
March 11, 2013
Qandil South Sudan visit to discuss Nile water, cooperation
Prime Minister Hesham Qandil will visit South Sudan on Thursday to discuss bilateral relations and economic cooperation. Qandil will also…
Oil spill approaches Sohag
Environment
October 30, 2012
Oil spill approaches Sohag
The Sohag Governorate has announced it had prepared large quantities of sponge and chaff to contain oil that spilled into…
Secret document: Egypt could take military action over Nile
Egypt
October 12, 2012
Secret document: Egypt could take military action over Nile
Secret documents released last month by WikiLeaks from Stratfor, a private intelligence company that sells security information to…
Morsy arrives Uganda in first visit by Egypt’s leader to source of Nile
Egypt
October 9, 2012
Morsy arrives Uganda in first visit by Egypt’s leader to source of Nile
President Mohamed Morsy arrived in Uganda Tuesday on a one-day visit to attend the African’s country Jubilee celebrations, MENA reported.…
Govt carries out extensive campaign to remove Nile encroachments
Egypt
February 28, 2012
Govt carries out extensive campaign to remove Nile encroachments
Prime Minister Kamal al-Ganzouri gave strict instructions to the Water Resources and Irrigation Ministry to immediately remove all forms of…
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: Egypt’s enemy or a blessing in disguise?
Environment
January 5, 2012
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: Egypt’s enemy or a blessing in disguise?
Preliminary construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GRD) began in April 2011 on the Blue Nile River near the…
Streets of Cairo: Tahrir Street
Life & Style
October 2, 2011
Streets of Cairo: Tahrir Street
Tahrir Square is more of a center point in Cairo than it ever was before. On the weekends, people gather…
Government to push river transport as cost saver
Business
June 16, 2011
Government to push river transport as cost saver
Egyptian authorities announced Thursday that the volume of river traffic in 2010 more than tripled compared to the year before,…
To Egypt’s chagrin, Burundi joins controversial Nile Basin pact
Egypt
March 1, 2011
To Egypt’s chagrin, Burundi joins controversial Nile Basin pact
Burundi on Monday officially joined several fellow upstream countries in an alternative Nile Basin initiative, allowing the pact to come…