Ethiopia Reviewing Energy Policy

ADDIS ABABA (BERNAMA-NNN-ENA) — The Ethiopian government is striving to provide affordable, reliable and secure energy for the society which it deems essential in building a modern economy, says Water, Irrigation and Energy Minister Alemayehu Tegenu. The energy sector in the country is currently experiencing rapid technological progress, something which had been difficult to consider

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Ethiopia And Egypt To Sign A Final Agreement On Nile Dam In Khartoum

Ahram Online Ethiopia dam studies firm to be announced soon: Egypt minister Sudanese capital Khartoum will host a trilateral summit for Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan on 23 March, state news agency MENA reported. Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Karti said on Saturday that Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn and Sudanese President Omar

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France 24 on Renaissance Dam and it’s implications to the region

FRANCE 24 – Due to a lack of sufficient funding, work on the project – estimated at four billion euros – is delayed. Our reporters went to see. The Nile dam is expected to produce as much energy as six nuclear power stations for one of the world’s poorest states, but the population may pay

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Naming consultancy office for Ethiopia dam to take more time

By Al-Masry Al-Youm       Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Hossam Moghazi said that Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia have decided to defer the announcement of the name of the consultancy office chosen to conduct more studies on Ethiopia’s controversial Renaissance Dam. The postponement came at the request of the 12-expert tripartite committee, which comprises experts from

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Hydro diplomacy on the Nile

(Al Jazeera )-A long-simmering water conflict between Ethiopia and Egypt has moved a step closer to resolution, after the countries’ foreign ministers announced last week they had reached a preliminary agreement on sharing Nile water. The deal, which still needs to be approved by the heads of state of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan, appears to

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Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt agree basis of Nile water deal

Khartoum (AFP) – The foreign ministers of Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia said early on Friday they had reached the basis of an agreement on the sharing of Nile waters and Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam. “A full agreement has been reached between our three countries on the principles of the use of the eastern Nile Basin

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Sudan hosts meeting to discuss impact of Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam

A tripartite meeting between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan over Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam will start in Khartoum, the Sudanese capital, on Tuesday, APA learns here. The delegations comprising ministers of foreign affairs and water resources from both Egypt and Ethiopia have arrived in Khartoum on Monday. The three previous meetings held in Khartoum and Addis Ababa

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Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt to choose firm by first week of March

Egypt’s irrigation ministry spokesman says countries to choose firm by first week of March Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia have received offers from four firms to conduct technical studies on the latter’s large-scale dam project, which Cairo fears will affect its supply of water from the Nile River. Alaa Yassin, spokesperson on the Ethiopia dam issue

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Egypt is open to Nile Basin Convention amendments.

By Aya Nader Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation says Egypt is open to Nile Basin Convention amendments. Egypt attended for the first time in five years a Nile Basin Initiative meeting which took place in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, Saturday, after receiving an invitation from Sudan. Egypt had boycotted the initiative after the Basin

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Ethiopian official denies dam-related financial woes

Ethiopian official has denied claims that a multibillion dollar deal is facing financial problems and has said that the project will not encounter any such problems until its finalised. An Ethiopian official on Wednesday denied claims that a multibillion-dollar hydroelectric dam currently being constructed on the Nile River was facing financial problems. “The project has

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