East Africa: Egypt Ready to Talk Water

Optimism is growing that tension could ease between Egypt, Sudan and upstream countries over the construction of Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile.

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A section of the Nile River.

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    The East African, 9 May 2011

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  • basit71166
    Jun 4 2013, 15:00

    Ethiopia and Egypt are very close brothers and can solve all the problem

  • ras sideeq
    May 17 2011, 12:09

    MY BROTHERS THIS IN TERMS OF MONEY 4.8BILLION IS SMALL MONEY WORLD WIDE . THIS IS WHY ITS NECESSARY TO HAVE YOUR OWN MONEY AND BANKING SYSTEM THIS IS WHAT IS MEANT BY INDEPENDENCE ALSO THE POWER OF UNITY IS THE FREWIZE INTELLECT OF THE COLLECTIVENESS OF ALL THE PEOPLE. THIS COLLECTIVENESS WAS THE STRENTGH THAT GUIDED EGYPT TO INDEPENDENCE. ALL THE PEOPLE OF AFRICA HAS TO SUPPORT THE BIG PROJECTS THAT REFLECT THE REBUILDING OF AFRICA IN ITS OWN IMAGE. IT SHOULD BE SEEN IN THE INTERNATIONAL ARENA AS "THE INDEPENDENT MOTHER AND FATHER OF CREATION THAT IT IS". WORKING WITH ALL AFRICA ON BIG PROJECTS SHOULD BE THE GOAL OF AFRICAN LEADERS COMMING TOGETHER IN "ONE AIM" "ONE HEART" "ONE DESTINY" . THE ASPIRATIONS OF BROTHERHOOD IS THE PRICE OF ACOMPLISHMENT "YOU ARE YOUR BROTHERS KEEPER" TO HAVE REACHED THIS FAR IS MONUMENTAL ; I ASK LEADERS TO ALWAYS REMEMBER ALL THE PEOPLE THEY ARE THE BEAT THAT GOVERNS YOUR HEART . WISE IS TO ALWAYS HEAR; DO NOT CLOSE YOUR EARS TO YOUR POPULATIONS . ALWAYS SEEK THEIR BLESSINGS WHEN DOING SIGNATURE THINGS. EGYPT IS AFRICA ETHIOPIA IS THE HEAD OF AFRICA FROM THE BEGINNING THE GENESIS. THE IMPROVEMENT OF POWER TO EAST AFRICA WILL IMMENSELY CHANGE THE SHAPE OF ALL AFRICA . FROM THE EAST THE RIGHTEOUSMAN ARISES.RIGHTEOUSNESS WILL PREVAIL ON THIS GLORIOUS CONTINENT. THE BELIVERS OF "OUR GLORIOUS CREATOR" WILL REDEFINE AND REMEBER HOW WEVE ALWAYS PRAISED "THE ALLMIGHTYGOD OF CREATION" THE REGION AS WE KNOW WITH THOSE WHO SPEAK ARABIC IS NOT UNCOMMON THEIER ARE MANY THRUOUT ALL AFRICA WHO SPEAK ARABIC. AFRICA WAS CHOSEN BY THE PROPHET AS THE LANGUAGE OF CHOICE. BUT I SAY TO ALL THE TRUE BELIEVERS THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU ARE ESTRANGED OR DIFFERENT . MANY MANY MOONS WE WERE ALL THESAME ONE IN HEART ONE IN IDENTIFICATION AND ONE IN SOLIDARITY "SO FRET NOT AND SPERATE NOT THYSELVES" FOR HE IS WHO CREATED ALL IS STILL TO WHOM WE ANSWER TO . THJE WAY OF THE COLONISER IS TO REMAIN WITHIN HIS PORTFOLIO FROM WHICH HE CAN RULE AND REIGN REMEBER DIVIDE AND RULE IS HIS WAY. THAT IS WHY FOR WHAT EVER REASON YOU FIND YOU CAN NOT FIND RESOURCES FOR THINGS WHICH BENEFIT HUNDREDS OF THOUISANDS AND MILLIONS ITS BEST TO CONSULT WITH ALL THE BROTHERS ONE HAND WASHES THE OTER BOTH HANDS WASH THE FACE. THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN NOT BE ACCOMPLISHED WITH SHARED VALUES . YOU DO NOT NEED THE UN OR THE EU YOU NEED EACH OTHER.THIS IS BROTHERHOOD. FOR FURTHER ARGUMENT . FOR ALL OUR ARABIC SPEAKING BROTHERS IN THE REGION ITS "ALL ABOUT BROTHERHOOD." DO NOT SEPERATE THE STRUGGLES "THEPOWEWR OF THE MANY IS STRONGER THAN THE POWER OF THE FEW".

  • getuaweke
    Aug 26 2011, 16:56

    This is a gloomer of hope for Ethiopia which was tragically prohibited not to use her own natural resource for centuaries.All the residuals of the colonial supression are leaving Africa step by step. And neibouring countries are stepping into oppening their door for negotiation on their mutual benefits which has a positive impact on the unity of africa.