Egypt warily signs preliminary Nile agreement - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Ayah Aman

Ayah Aman

Mar 31, 2015

Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir (C) shakes hands with his Egypian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-sisi and Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn after signing an Agreement on the Declaration of Principles on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Project in Khartoum March 23, 2015. The leaders of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan signed a cooperation deal on Monday over a giant Ethiopian hydroelectric dam on a tributary of the river Nile, in a bid to ease tensions over regional water supplies. The leaders — Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir (C) shakes hands with Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi along with and Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn after signing an Agreement on the Declaration of Principles on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Project in Khartoum, March 23, 2015. — REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah

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A cloud of dust rises from a dynamite blast, as part of construction work, at Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance Dam during a media tour along the river Nile in Benishangul Gumuz Region, Guba Woreda, in Ethiopia March 31, 2015. According to a government official, the dam has hit the 41 percent completion mark. Picture taken March 31, 2015. REUTER/Tiksa Negeri - RTR4VQ69

Despite dam dispute, Egypt seeks to build trust with Ethiopia

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

(FILES) This file photo taken on December 26, 2019 shows a general view of the construction works at the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), near Guba in Ethiopia. - The Nile, Egypt's lifeline since Pharaonic days, faces massive strain from pollution, over-use and climate change -- and now the threat of a colossal dam being built far upstream in Ethiopia. When its London-sized reservoir starts to fill this summer, Egypt fears the mega-project will spell an existential threat to its teeming population of

Ethiopia turns to upstream countries amid Nile Dam dispute with Egypt

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Egypt's foreign minister Sameh Shoukri speaks during a press conference with his Sudanese and Ethiopian counterparts in the early hours of March 6, 2015, on the sidelines of meetings in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, to announce they had reached an agreement on the sharing of Nile waters and Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance Dam. The principles of the use of the eastern Nile Basin and the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam will be submitted to the heads of the three states for approval. AFP PHOTO / ASHRAF SHAZLY (

Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia inch toward resolving Nile dam crisis

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-sisi attends a signing ceremony for the Agreement on the Declaration of Principles on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Project in Khartoum March 23, 2015. REUTERS/ Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah - RTR4UIKO

Potential solutions to Egypt-Ethiopia dam dispute remain murky

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture