Egypt ups political steps to counter Ethiopia over water crisis - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Walaa Hussein

Walaa Hussein

Dec 7, 2017

Fishermen hang their clothes out to dry on the banks of the river Nile in Cairo April 16, 2013. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT) - LM2E96J0YTF01 — Fishermen hang their clothes out to dry on the banks of the Nile River in Cairo, April 16, 2013. — REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih

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Egyptian girls stand in line at a water cistern to fill their containers with clean water at al-Rahawe village, some 40 kilometers (25 miles) northeast of Cairo, Egypt, May 27, 2010.

Egypt turns to Tanzania on Nile dam dispute

A correspondent in Egypt

A correspondent in Egypt

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Arab League weighs in on Nile dam dispute

A correspondent in Egypt

A correspondent in Egypt

A woman pauses with her child in a camp for people displaced in conflicts and turmoil that has afflicted Burundi over the last 25 years, Carama, Burundi, June 23, 2015.

Egypt, Ethiopia compete to export power to Africa

George Mikhail

(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