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Residents close Giza Governorate headquarters to protest water shortage
Egypt
July 21, 2012
Residents close Giza Governorate headquarters to protest water shortage
Dozens of Saft al-Laban, Boulaq, residents closed the Giza Governorate headquarters Saturday with metal chains, saying they would sit-in because…
Health Ministry shuts down mineral water companies due to contamination
Egypt
June 12, 2012
Health Ministry shuts down mineral water companies due to contamination
The Health Ministry on Tuesday formally shut down seven mineral water companies after test results from random samples of groundwater…
Egypt’s Nile water quota unchanged since 1955, says irrigation minister
Egypt
May 13, 2012
Egypt’s Nile water quota unchanged since 1955, says irrigation minister
Water resources and irrigation minister Hesham Mohamed Qandil told the Parliament Agriculture and Irrigation Committee on Sunday that Egypt's Nile water quota…
Economic talks open Arab League meeting in Iraq
World
March 27, 2012
Economic talks open Arab League meeting in Iraq
BAGHDAD — Drought and uprisings are threatening to undermine the Middle East's economy, Arab officials said Tuesday as they discussed…
Ethiopia’s Millennium Dam will not harm Egypt or Sudan, says official
Egypt
October 24, 2011
Ethiopia’s Millennium Dam will not harm Egypt or Sudan, says official
An Ethiopian official dismissed on Monday claims that the country’s proposed Millennium Dam would negatively impact Egypt and Sudan, saying…
Watering the street: A closer look at a strange local tradition
Life & Style
August 29, 2011
Watering the street: A closer look at a strange local tradition
Mohamed Saeed holds a hose in his hand early in the morning and sprays the asphalt street in front of…
Study reveals further details about Western Desert underground waterway
Environment
June 20, 2011
Study reveals further details about Western Desert underground waterway
An Egyptian researcher at an American university has revealed new details about an underground waterway that links central Africa to…
Irrigation canals mismanagement leads to health hazards: The example of Abu Sir
Environment
May 15, 2011
Irrigation canals mismanagement leads to health hazards: The example of Abu Sir
The canals of Abu Sir village are part of the vast network of Egypt’s irrigation canals designed to expand the…
Egypt requests Great Millennium Dam studies from Ethiopia
Egypt
March 31, 2011
Egypt requests Great Millennium Dam studies from Ethiopia
Irrigation Minister Hussein al-Atfy on Thursday said Egypt is awaiting the Ethiopian government’s reply to its request for technical and…
On Egypt’s finite water supply
Environment
March 26, 2011
On Egypt’s finite water supply
Turning Herodotus’s epithet on its head, some have recently claimed that “the Nile is the gift of Egypt,” adducing historic…