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Ahram Online
January 5, 2018
Involving the World Bank has several advantages, as it was the party that initiated the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) in 1999 on the management of the River Nile's water and thus has ample experience in this regard. The NBI was a partnership initiated by the Nile Basin countries as a platform for dialogue andÃÂ ...
Asharq Al-awsat English
January 5, 2018
Egypt Denies Excluding Sudan from Dam Talks ... Men fish from boats during low tide on the river Nile in Cairo, Egypt, November 19, 2015. ... Technical Committee, submitted by Egypt to the Sudanese government --Egypt is waiting for the response of both Ethiopia and Sudan to the proposal, “he added.
NTV Uganda
January 5, 2018
Relations have been soured by disputes over the ownership of the Halayeb Triangle border area, and over the use of the water from the River Nile that passes through their territories. Sudan has accused Cairo of political meddling and banned imports of Egyptian agricultural products last year.
AllAfrica.com
December 26, 2017
Khartoum — According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the Sudanese Ministry of Health has recently reported an increase in the number of ... total of 137 suspected cases, including three deaths, were reported from Khartoum, East and West Darfur, South Kordofan, River Nile and El Gezira states,ÃÂ ...
Reliefweb
December 21, 2017
Some 1,500 Sudanese refugees set to voluntarily return to South Darfur from the Central African Republic. ... A total of 137 suspected cases, including three deaths, were reported from Khartoum, Kassala, East and West Darfur, South Kordofan, Red Sea, River Nile and Gezira states over this period.
AllAfrica.com
December 17, 2017
The River Nile had always been an Egyptian matter and has of late become a Sudanese-Egyptian affair. And now we have to understand that the factors of need for water in the Nile upstream countries, the need to develop the Nile water resources and to protect the environment dictate a shift towards aÃÂ ...
The New Times
December 16, 2017
My mind can sometimes prove to be more adventurous than a teenager backpacker roaming across the African continent. I woke up thinking about the mighty River Nile. This river is not only the longest in the world at 6,853km; it literally gives life to Sudan and Egypt. It runs from Uganda all the way to EgyptÃÂ ...
AllAfrica.com
December 12, 2017
El Manaseer — Two children died of scorpion stings in El Manaseer in River Nile state. Local community leaders pointed out that there have been more scorpions to the area. The two children, Ibtisal Faisal Ibrahim (5 years) and Manar Mustafa Habib (4 years) have died of the stings in Berti and GanawitÃÂ ...
MINA
December 2, 2017
"We are thankful to Russia for its position on the international arena, including Russia's position in the protection of Sudan," he added. This is the first time the Sudanese leader visited Russia - the country he pins great hopes on. The agenda included economic and military cooperation. The Sudanese ...
Egypt Independent
November 29, 2017
Sources reported that the head of the Sudanese technical team, Saif al-Din Hamad, is in tripartite talks saying that the initiative is based on the amount of River Nile water (55.5 billion cubic meters) that Egypt receives, and that the Ethiopian side has agreed to it in principle. Sources added that consulting ...
Tadias Magazine
November 24, 2017
ADDIS ADABA — Ethiopia said on Saturday no amount of misunderstanding would compel it to halt construction of the $4.8 billion mega hydro dam project on River Nile. Seleshi Bekele, the Ethiopian minister of water, electricity and irrigation, said the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has ...
ReliefWeb
November 22, 2017
November 22, 2017 (KHARTOUM) - Sudan on Tuesday has resumed relief operations to South Sudan through a new route from El-Obeid, North Kordofan ... of Understanding (MoU) to open a humanitarian corridor to deliver food assistance to vulnerable South Sudanese through the River Nile or by road.
ReliefWeb
November 21, 2017
The lack of funds for infrastructural development has resulted in a lack of access to electricity across all regions of South Sudan and resulted in the sale of ... including a major repair project on the Juba-Bor road, rehabilitation of the Bor airport runway and 17-kilometer dyke across the bank of River Nile that ...
Egyptian Streets
November 20, 2017
Egypt's president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi stressed in a speech on Saturday that no one can touch Egypt's water share of the River Nile. During the inauguration of ... The president said that several talks were held with Ethiopia and Sudan, and Egypt is quite aware of their right in development. However, Egypt's ...
Raddington Report (blog)
November 14, 2017
Understandably, the Trump administration's decision to ease off the sanctions that have been imposed upon Sudan for the last twenty years was met with elation in Khartoum. The announcement has rejuvenated a wave of optimism amongst the Sudanese populace, who have long been told by their ...
AllAfrica.com
November 14, 2017
Kampala — President Museveni on Tuesday held "private" discussions with the visiting Sudanese president Omar-al-Bashir at his Kisozi farm in Gomba District. Details of the discussions were not readily ... Sudan, takes up roughly 70 per cent of the River Nile. The Nile's catchment area is also shared by ...
ReliefWeb
November 12, 2017
Sudan has so far opened three aid corridors to deliver food assistance to South Sudan. Last month, South Sudan Relief and Rehabilitation deputy commissioner said the Sudanese government has agreed to open an additional corridor. During a meeting on Sunday, the secretary general of North Kordofan ...
Sudan Tribune
October 22, 2017
American experts arrive in Khartoum to assess Sudan's universities ... Naqa and Musawwarat archaeological sites in the River Nile state.
Premium Times
October 21, 2017
Seventeen people were killed when a boat capsized on the River Nile in South Sudan, officials said on Friday. The boat sank on Thursday ...
africanews
October 20, 2017
Ministers of the three countries that share the River Nile – Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia – also visited the site of the project to have first hand ...
AllAfrica.com
October 13, 2017
Atbara — Specialist doctors at Atbara Hospital in Sudan's River Nile state have threatened to strike beginning on Sunday in protest against the ...
Middle East Monitor
October 12, 2017
Egypt believes that the dam will have a negative impact on its share of water from the River Nile. On its part, Sudan accuses Egypt of supporting ...
BBC News
October 11, 2017
A 1959 treaty apportioned all Nile waters to Egypt and Sudan, though ... the Sudanese capital's boundaries have massively expanded over the ...
AllAfrica.com
October 9, 2017
Sudan: Increase of Cancer Cases in Northern Sudan ... Abu Hamed — Residents of Abu Hamed in northern Sudan's River Nile state have reported an ... He therefore demanded the Sudanese president "to intervene to solve ...
Xinhua
October 4, 2017
JUBA, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- Landlocked South Sudan said Wednesday it ... the South Sudanese capital, Juba to the strategic Sudanese border town of Kosti. ... the ministry of trade because the River Nile is our source of income.
ReliefWeb
September 23, 2017
Flash floods kill two, block roads to eastern Sudan towns ... Central Darfur, East Darfur, Khartoum, River Nile, North Darfur, Northern State, ...
africanews
September 22, 2017
The issue affects both countries as well as Sudan. ... on a tributary of the river Nile, at the time tensions had risen over regional water supplies.
Sudan Tribune
September 20, 2017
September 20, 2017 (KHARTOUM) - Sudan's First Vice-President and ... to open the River Nile crossing to ease the movement of commodities ...
ReliefWeb
September 17, 2017
As of 5 May 2017, cholera outbreaks have been confirmed in 19 counties in South Sudan. The most affected counties are located along the River Nile.
ReliefWeb
September 15, 2017
Two years ago, five women living at the UN Mission in South Sudan ... Two kilometers away towards the River Nile, they put down their sacks ...
Independent Online
September 12, 2017
Khartoum - The swollen River Nile engulfed hundreds of houses and public buildings in northern Sudan's Dongola city after jumping its banks, ...
Reliefweb
September 12, 2017
Sudan: Floods - Emergency Plan of Action (EPoA) MDRSD025 ... in the states of Khartoum, Northern State, Sennar, Kassala, River Nile, ... to the rapid assessment reports of the Sudanese Red Crescent Society branches.
Center for Research on Globalization
December 31, 1999
“We have been dreaming about this visit for a long time,” said Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir as he was being greeted by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Nov.23 at the Black Sea resort of Sochi. “We are ... Large gold deposits were discovered in two provinces – the Red Sea and the River Nile.
Ahram Online
December 31, 1999
Earlier this month, negotiations between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan broke down over how to conduct technical studies of the dam's potential impact on downstream countries. Egyptian officials have expressed concern over repeated delays, given that construction of the dam is already well underway.
AllAfrica.com
December 31, 1999
The dimsissa grows widely along the River Nile North of Khartoum down to ... Sudanese researcher Hassan al-Abid al-Sabaq has related, in a ...
New Vision
December 31, 1999
Both countries pulled out of NBI but Sudan later agreed to return. The countries in ... “The River Nile is one of the world's great assets. As such ...
Black Star News
September 22, 2017
“'Cairo' is actually the name the Lwos gave to 'River Nile'. ... with other Lwo/Luo ethnic groups in Uganda, South Sudan, Kenya, Ethiopia andÃÂ ...
Sudan Tribune
September 21, 2017
He also pointed to the importance to agree on the issue of the border crossings, saying it is crucial to open the River Nile crossing to ease theÃÂ ...
AllAfrica.com
September 20, 2017
Sudan: Belarus Minister of Agriculture to Begin Visit to Country Tomorrow ... will also visit Wadi Al-Hawad in Naher- Al- Neil (River Nile) state.
Independent Online
September 12, 2017
Khartoum - The swollen River Nile engulfed hundreds of houses and public buildings in northern Sudan's Dongola city after jumping its banks,ÃÂ ...
ReliefWeb
September 12, 2017
Sudan: Floods - Emergency Plan of Action (EPoA) MDRSD025 ... in the states of Khartoum, Northern State, Sennar, Kassala, River Nile, ... to the rapid assessment reports of the Sudanese Red Crescent Society branches.
Reliefweb
August 31, 2017
It is currently affecting Gedarif, White Nile, Khartoum, Sennar, River Nile, North ... for the first time in camps hosting internally displaced Sudanese in Darfur.
Independent
August 29, 2017
On March 23, 2015, the leaders of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan met in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum and reached a historic agreement onÃÂ ...
The Conversation AU
August 27, 2017
More than 300 million people rely on the waters of the River Nile. ... in 11 countries: Ethiopia, Sudan, South Sudan, Egypt, Rwanda, Tanzania,ÃÂ ...
AllAfrica.com
August 24, 2017
The Sudan government has warned of possible worst floods in 100 ... that empties into the Great River Nile that traverses the Sudanese capital.
ReliefWeb
December 31, 1999
Two years ago, five women living at the UN Mission in South Sudan ... Two kilometers away towards the River Nile, they put down their sacksÃÂ ...
Sudan Tribune
March 26, 2017
In July 2014, Juba and Khartoum signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to open a humanitarian corridor to deliver food assistance to vulnerable South Sudanese through the River Nile or by road. Last January, the agreement was extended for a sixÃÂ ...
Coastweek
March 25, 2017
by Ronald Ssekandi KAMPALA Uganda (Xinhua) -- An expert has urged African countries in River Nile basin to sustain cooperation on the use of Nile water in a bid to avoid tension and conflict.
The Canberra Times
March 25, 2017
Seeing children so under nourished they are unable to play is a heart-wrenching reality Twic East commissioner in Jonglei county, Dau Akoi Jurkuch, has to face as a leader of his community in South Sudan. For years the goal had been to establish peace ...
PBS NewsHour
March 25, 2017
SIMONA FOLTYN: The civil war originated in a power struggle over the country's top post between South Sudan's first president, Salva Kiir, and his former first vice president Riek Machar.
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