Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
3/28/2024 12:58:40 PM
Egypt’s Minister of Irrigation and Water Sources Hani Sewilam warned Ethiopia on Wednesday that any harm caused by the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) to Egypt will come at a cost.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
1/15/2024 11:39:40 AM
Egypt has started the process of establishing eight groundwater drinking water stations in South Sudan, Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hani Sewilam announced on Monday.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
12/24/2023 5:27:10 PM
Egypt's Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Hani Sewilam said Saturday that Addis Ababa is building the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) to exhert political dominance over the Nile River, in addition to the declared purpose of generating electricity.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
12/18/2023 10:12:47 PM
The fourth round of talks on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) commenced on Monday in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, with the participation of ministerial delegations from Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia, according to an official statement by Egypt's Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation.
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Business
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Economy
11/16/2023 10:42:04 AM
The Egyptian government increased investments in the agriculture and irrigation sector by 71 percent year-on-year (YoY) to EGP 116.6 billion ($3.77 billion) for the fiscal year (FY) 2023/2024, according to a report by the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development on Wednesday.
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Egypt
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Urban & Transport
10/30/2023 9:53:18 PM
Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hani Sewilam said on Monday that Egypt is expanding the reuse of agricultural drainage water, which stands at 21 billion cubic metres annually, to minimize water scarcity.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
10/29/2023 3:54:00 PM
Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hani Sewilam warned against Ethiopia’s continued unilateral operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue Nile, saying it poses an “existential threat” to the more than 100 million people in Egypt.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
10/25/2023 12:10:49 PM
The third round of talks on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in Cairo concluded on Tuesday with an agreement between Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia to hold the next round of technical talks in Addis Ababa, the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation said.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
9/24/2023 10:20:15 PM
Egypt's Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources Irrigation issued a statement on Sunday announcing that no substantial progress was achieved during the most recent round of GERD negotiations in which Ethiopia retracted some prior understandings that had been reached between the three countries during the negotiation process.
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Egypt
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Urban & Transport
9/19/2023 7:06:48 PM
Egypt is keen to support South Sudan in various water infrastructure projects to provide access to clean water, said Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Hani Sewliam on Tuesday.
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Egypt
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Society
9/18/2023 2:23:05 PM
The upcoming Cairo Water Week (CWW) in October will feature the participation of 54 regional and international organizations, Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Hani Sewliam said.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
8/28/2023 11:20:17 PM
Egypt did not see any material change in Ethiopia's stance on major points of contention in the dispute over the filling and operation of the GERD during the trilateral talks that were held in Cairo on 27-28 August, according to a statement by the Egyptian Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources on Monday.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
8/27/2023 5:11:00 PM
Ethiopia said it will continue working to reach an “amicable” conclusion to negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) as Cairo hosted a new round of talks with Addis Ababa and Khartoum to resolve the dispute on Sunday.
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Egypt
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Society
8/22/2023 10:27:48 PM
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi directed the Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture to continue promoting the use of fertilizer, modern irrigation systems, and mechanized agriculture to reduce losses during harvesting.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
7/21/2023 2:40:00 PM
A Bavarian delegation visited Egypt last week to discuss water and food security.
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World
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International
6/20/2023 7:49:05 PM
The French government said Tuesday that it would shut down an activist climate group over a series of recent demonstrations including one that led to fierce clashes with police over a controversial irrigation project.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
6/14/2023 12:43:12 PM
Egypt is committed to meeting the needs of its neighbouring countries in the Nile Basin, especially South Sudan, said Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hani Sewilam.
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Egypt
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Politics
6/9/2023 7:13:43 PM
The state affirms confidence in incumbent head of the Egyptian Engineers Syndicate Tarek El-Nabarawy, Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources and engineer Hani Sewilam said Thursday, after a no-confidence motion to remove the syndicate head from office late in May ended in violence.
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Business
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Economy
6/1/2023 3:10:25 PM
Egypt's Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources has signed three agreements with the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on water consumption rationalization projects financed by the Netherlands and Japan, read a cabinet statement on Thursday.
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Egypt
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Society
5/30/2023 2:30:07 PM
Climate change and water scarcity pose challenges to achieving food security and meeting water needs in Egypt, according to Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Hani Sewilam.
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