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Uganda: Ethiopia Takes Over Leadership of Nile Basin Initiative
Independent (Kampala), 12 October 2017
Ethiopia has assumed leadership of the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI), taking over from Uganda. Ethiopia will chair both the Nile Council of Ministers and the Nile Technical Advisory… Read more »
Ethiopia Takes Over Leadership of Nile Basin Initiative
Ethiopia has assumed leadership of the Nile Basin Initiative, taking over from Uganda. Ethiopia will chair both the Nile Council of Ministers and the Nile Technical Advisory Committee of the NBI for the next year. The changes were confirmed at the end of the 25th Nile Council of Ministers of Water Affairs in Uganda.
Nile-TAC chairperson Florence Grace Adongo officially opened the meeting at the Imperial Resort Beach Hotel in Entebbe early this week.
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Uganda: Uganda to Host 25th Nile Basin Council of Ministers Meeting
Independent (Kampala), 10 October 2017
Ministers in charge of Water Affairs from the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) member states are due to meet on Thursday October 12, 2017 to discuss and consider approval of key NBI… Read more »
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Uganda: Uganda Needs Consent to Use Nile Water
East African, 12 October 2017
After resolving the cross-border evacuation route for its crude oil pipeline, Uganda will need to secure a permit from Nile Basin member countries to get water from Lake Albert… Read more »
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Ethiopia: In-Depth Analysis - Past Agreements On the Nile in View of the Law of Treaty and the CFA
Addis Standard, 11 October 2017
October 11/2017 - The use of the Nile River has for centuries been monopolized by the lower riparian countries that claim 'historic right' over the waters. The hegemony over the… Read more »
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