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Kenyan VP: We won’t violate Egypt’s right to Nile water
Egypt

Kenyan VP: We won’t violate Egypt’s right to Nile water

“The Nile will flow in Egypt forever,” Kenyan Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka told Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif in a…
Ethiopia says it has evidence Egypt supports insurgents
Egypt

Ethiopia says it has evidence Egypt supports insurgents

Ethiopia reiterated allegations that Egypt supports insurgents in Ethiopia, saying it has evidence verifying its claims. The Ethiopian Communications Minister…
Rice production withers as Egypt diverts water supply
Business

Rice production withers as Egypt diverts water supply

In Kafr el-Sheikh, rice farmers once looked forward to harvest time, but work has dried up in the large Nile…
Arab League chief: Water scarcity ‘no urgent problem’ for Egypt
Egypt

Arab League chief: Water scarcity ‘no urgent problem’ for Egypt

Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa this week said that water scarcity did not represent "an urgent problem" for Egypt.
Fayoum farmers protest water shortage
Egypt

Fayoum farmers protest water shortage

More than 150 farmers from Bahr Gergeba, Fayoum, staged a protest yesterday in front of the Ministry of Irrigation and…
Arab water security meeting postponed due to states’ absence
Environment

Arab water security meeting postponed due to states’ absence

A special session of the Arab League's Arab Ministerial Council for Water ended on Friday with a decision to postpone…
Arab researchers fill breach at Stockholm’s World Water Week
Environment

Arab researchers fill breach at Stockholm’s World Water Week

It might have been the Eid holidays, the inclement Swedish weather, or just political apathy, but not a single official…
Environmental Voices: Is Egyptian soft power too late for upstream Nile states?
Environment

Environmental Voices: Is Egyptian soft power too late for upstream Nile states?

The following article is the first part of Al-Masry Al-Youm's weekly"Environmental Voices" series, in which issues related to the environment--whether…
Developing world’s megacities struggle to conserve water
Environment

Developing world’s megacities struggle to conserve water

Our world is home to 39 megacities--cities that are in turn home to more than ten million inhabitants each. Twenty-eight…
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