Water and Politics
Ethiopian dam to wreck lives in Kenya
Around 300,000 fishermen and
herders depend on Lake Turkana...
20 January, 2010
NAIROBI (AFP) – The livelihood of hundreds of thousands of Kenyans around the world's largest desert lake will be wrecked by an Ethiopian dam on the lake's main tributary, conservationists said. more >>
How climate change is shrinking the river Nile
15 January, 2010
The water level of the river Nile - crucial to the economy in many parts of Uganda, Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia - is dropping. Film-maker Andrew Johnstone follows the course of the Nile to discover how climate change is already affecting the river's farming communities more >>
Ethiopia launches new Omo River hydroelectric plant
14 January, 2010
BBC NEWS - A new hydroelectric plant has been inaugurated in Ethiopia - part of a controversial project on the Omo River. more >>
Egypt says historic Nile River rights not negotiable
Under a 1929 agreement,
heavyweight Egypt has the
right to veto projects upstream on
the Nile
27 July, 2009
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (Reuters) - Egypt is working alongside other Nile Basin countries to reach a framework on use of river water for all states but will not compromise its historic rights, the country's water minister said on Monday. more >>
Ethiopia to build fourth dam on River Omo
10 July, 2009
Nation - Ethiopia will build the fourth hydro dam along the Omo River despite the concerns from environmentalists, the Nation has established. more >>
Ethiopia dam 'could spark water wars'
25 March, 2009
BBC NEWS - Most people in Ethiopia's lower Omo River Valley continue to exist much as they have done for hundreds of years with virtually no concession to the 21st Century, with one disturbing exception: automatic weapons. more >>
Water pipe sparks Ethiopian conflict
14 March, 2009
BBC NEWS - Some 70,000 people have fled their homes in a remote part of southern Ethiopia, after a deadly conflict broke out between rival groups - apparently triggered by the construction of a new borehole. more >>
Ethiopia gets green light for irrigation on Nile
By Andualem Sisay - Capital
17 July, 2007
As a result of the Nile Initiative dialogues among the ten riparian countries of the Nile River, Ethiopia secured funding and a green light to start an irrigation project on 20,000 hectares using the Nile River. more >>
NBI launches Ethiopian Nile Youth Network
By Andualem Sisay - Capital
12 March 2007
Under the theme ‘Empowering the next generation-Youth in the Development of the Nile River Basin’, the National Nile Youth Network was launched on Saturday March 10, 2007 after a two-day conference at Global Hotel here in Addis. more >>