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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…
President orders stepped-up desalination, water exploration projects
Egypt

President orders stepped-up desalination, water exploration projects

President Hosni Mubarak has instructed the government to expand its seawater desalination initiatives and step up efforts to discover additional…
Nile Basin countries to meet today amid discord
Egypt

Nile Basin countries to meet today amid discord

Water ministers from the ten Nile Basin countries are meeting today in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, amid disagreements between…
Sudan ambassador: No dispute with Egypt
Egypt

Sudan ambassador: No dispute with Egypt

Sudan's ambassador to Egypt, Abdul Rahman Siral-Khatim, has said the two countries have overcome their difference following a brief row…
Govt plans to improve irrigation, water use
Egypt

Govt plans to improve irrigation, water use

Egypt needs a plan to develop its irrigation system and optimize its water sources, Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif said yesterday…
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