Aswan High Dam

Egypt Marks 66th Anniversary of Aswan High Dam Construction

Fri, 09 Jan 2026 - 09:50 GMT

Egypt marked the 66th anniversary Friday of the laying of the foundation stone for the Aswan High Dam, a project described by Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hani Sweilem as the "greatest water infrastructure project in modern Egyptian history."

Egypt underlines ‘primary safeguard’ amid Nile fluctuations, slams Ethiopia’s ‘reckless’ GERD management

Fri, 03 Oct 2025 - 09:28 GMT

Egypt has accused Ethiopia of “reckless” management of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), which triggered an unusually severe and delayed flood on the Nile beyond the normal seasonal peak.

Memory of the day: Celebrations held for completing 1st phase of Egypt’s High Dam in 1964

Sun, 16 May 2021 - 01:40 GMT

On May 16, many important events took place.

Memory of the day

Sun, 27 Dec 2020 - 01:13 GMT

On December 27, many important events took place that changed the world, including the completion of the construction of the Hagia Sophia Cathedral and the signing of the agreement to build the Aswan High Dam.

Irrigation min. checks on maintenance work at Aswan reservoir, High Dam

Sun, 09 Feb 2020 - 10:29 GMT

Abdel Aati asserted that the achievements of the authority included implementing investment plans at the cost of EGP 150 million and renovation of old parts of Aswan Dam.

New project to boost Chinese tourism to Egypt worth LE 2.6B

Mon, 22 May 2017 - 11:19 GMT

A Chinese governmental delegation visited Aswan last week to propose a 100 billion Yuan-project that would attract one million to Egypt .

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