Nile Basin
In his speech at a gathering with a group of youth and in presence of the Minister of Sports and Youth Ashraf Sobhy, Suwailem added that Egypt and Sudan receive only 3% of the rainfall that falls on the upstream countries, which is estimated to be about 1,600 billion cubic meters annually. In contrast, the total rainfall across the entire Nile Basin (both within and outside the Nile Basin countries) is about 7,000 billion cubic meters annually.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration Badr Abdel Aty made Wednesday a phone call to his Ugandan counterpart Jeje Odongo.
The Egyptian Cabinet adopted Wednesday an action plan to create a mechanism to fund studies, implement developmental projects and infrastructure in Nile Basin countries.
Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Hani Sweilam called Sunday on states that ratified the Entebbe Agreement to revisit their stances and resume talks.
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Immigration and Egyptian Expats Badr Abdelatty made Wednesday a phone call to Kenyan Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Musalia Mudavadi.
Minister of Transport Kamel al-Wazir made the announcement on Wednesday.
President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi received Tuesday a phone call from his Kenyan counterpart William Ruto.
The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics released a report Tuesday on trade between Egypt and fellow Nile Basin Countries in 2021.
The press statement elaborated that the president underscored the great potential of cooperation among Nile Basin countries.
A Kenyan military delegation visited Cairo a exhibition by the Arab Organization for Industrialization (AOI), where the officials of the two Nile Basin nations discussed AOI’s potential role in the localization of manufacturing, technology, and training in Kenya.
The project was carried out by top strategic experts and researchers in the field of national security.
Egypt's imports from the Nile Basin countries have dropped by 4.6 percent in 2019 to reach $0.64 billion, compared with $0.67 billion in the previous year, the CAPMAS added.
The agreement is expected to be inked before the end of February.
Kadaga stressed Uganda's keenness to boost its relations with Egypt and enhance bilateral cooperation in various fields.
Participants in the activities of the Nile Ship for youths of Arab and riparian countries suggested establishing an organization for youths of Nile Basin countries.
The technical committee of Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt, and their respective irrigation ministers, resume talks over GERD on Saturday in Addis Ababa.
In an interview with Egypt Today, Deputy Foreign Minister for African Affairs, Ambassador Hamdy Louza gives many exclusive statements.
The different turns that the Renaissance Dam negotiations took in the past seven years were considerably many.
The conference on promoting future cooperation among Nile Basin Trade Union Federation of Commerce Workers kicked off on Wednesday.
During his fourth year in office, President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi continued his focus on boosting the country’s foreign policy.
