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A general view of Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam, as it undergoes construction, is seen during a media tour along the Nile in Benishangul Gumuz Region, Guba Woreda, in Ethiopia, March 31, 2015. Reuters

Addis Ababa Reassures Cairo over Nile Water Share

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 30, 2016 | Middle East

Cairo-The Egyptian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday that it has received assurances from Ethiopia’s government communication affairs office Minister Getachew Reda that Addis Ababa respects Cairo’s Nile water share. The communications office of the Ethiopian council of...

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Egypt’s deserted pyramids of Giza. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Egypt Travel: Tourism after revolution

by Amy Assad | Oct 22, 2014 | Lifestyle & Culture

Egypt, Asharq Al-Awsat—“We have every Elvis record there is,” George says, as he flicks the towel on his head behind his shoulder, before taking a gulp of beer. George, a 70 year-old from Essex is in traditional Egyptian costume for the boat’s Jalabiya party,...

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A man walks over a bridge by the construction of Ethiopia’s Great Renaissance Dam in Guba Woreda, some 40 km (25 miles) from Ethiopia’s border with Sudan, June 28, 2013. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri

African Development Bank continues investment in Egypt energy sector

by Sharif Yamani | Jul 5, 2013 | Business

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Khalid Al-Askari, energy section official at the African Development Bank (AfDB) in Egypt has said the bank was conducting studies on a Ethiopia–Sudan–Egypt electricity link project, following the success of an initial feasibility study for the...

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Sudanese Information Minister Ahmed Bilal Osman speaks during a joint press conference with the chief of Sudan’s intelligence service Mohammed Atta (unseen) in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on June 9, 2013. (AFP/Ashraf Shazly)

Sudan’s Information Minister: The View from Khartoum

by Ahmed Younis | Jun 27, 2013 | Interviews

Khartoum, Asharq Al-Awsat—Sudanese Information Minister, Ahmad Bilal Osman, emphasized that his government will not negotiate with the Sudanese People’s Liberation Movement-North, adding that Khartoum does not recognize this group. In a broad-ranging interview...

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In this photo made Tuesday, April 2, 2013, shows the construction of the dam in Asosa Region Ethiopia. : AP Photo/Elias Asmare

Conflict on the Nile

by Abdul Sattar Hatita | Jun 20, 2013 | Features

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Controversy over the division of the Nile waters is noting new; it goes back to the last century, and saw significant development during the 1950s and 1960s. However, it remained theoretical until 2011, when the crisis exploded between the...