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Egypt: Govt Constructs U.S.$5 Billion Artificial River Parallel to River Nile
New Times, 10 July 2023
Egypt is building an artificial river, spanning 114 kilometres in length, parallel to the Nile River, Egypt Independent reported. Read more »
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Africa: 920 Million People Could Face Conflict Over the World's Rivers By 2050
The Conversation Africa, 25 June 2023
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project on the Nile River started operating in February 2022. It reinforced tensions between Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt. The three countries rely… Read more »
Egypt Building a U.S.$5 Billion Artificial River Parallel to Nile
Egypt is reportedly digging through the desert to create the largest artificial river in the northwest of the country, next to the Dabaa nuclear power plant, as part of its 'New Delta' project.
The Nile River, whose distant source is believed to be Nyungwe forest in Rwanda, is the primary water source of Egypt, Sudan and South Sudan.
The project will be the longest of its kind in the world and will irrigate 2.2 million acres of land.
The first channel is 42 kilometres long - including 26 kilometers of pipe, and 16 kilometers of open tracks, to transport about 10 million cubic meters of water from the Rashid branch within the Mostakbal Egypt project, according to Abbas Sharaky, a professor of water resources and irrigation.
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Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has called on Sudan and Egypt "to nurture the narrative towards building peace, cooperation, mutual co-existence and development of all our p Read more »
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As tensions rise again over the filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam - which Egypt says threatens its water supply and thus its economy - the Peace and Security Council ... Read more »
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The foreign ministers of Egypt and Sudan appealed to the United Nations Security Council to intervene in their dispute with Ethiopia over the operation of a mega dam on the Nile ... Read more »
