Though water-scarce Egypt is on the verge of flood season, Cairo has declared a state of emergency due to a decline in water flow from last year. Yet water experts say the country is in good enough shape because of its reserves and water conservation measures.

“The water situation in Egypt is critical,” said Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed Abdel Ati. “We have reached a point where the available water quantities set the limits for economic development. We have become one of the driest countries in the world.”

For decades, Egypt focused primarily on its foreign policy in the Middle East and North Africa, and in the process neglected its Horn of Africa policy. Meanwhile, Ethiopia began construction on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Nile River. Problems along the Nile continue for Egypt as droughts, …

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced on Saturday that Ethiopia’s Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) might not be completed, the Ethiopian News Agency (ENA) reported.

Egypt’s Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Mohamed Mohamed Abdel Aty announced in a July 24 press release that an agreement had been reached with the European Union (EU) to finance an irrigation-development project and improve the country’s water-management system. The Egyptian government has been seeking to expand cooperation with international partners to address the threats …

Egyptian security units have been investigating the shocking case involving three children who were burned to death, and thrown near a dump in black garbage bags in the city of Giza. Even though CCTV footage near the area in the al-Maryoteya district could not capture the grueling act as it …

CAIRO – 12 July 2018: A subcommittee on national security in the House of Congress held a hearing session on Wednesday to discuss any existence of a Muslim Brotherhood’s (MB) threat to the United States and its interests and effective ways to counter it. A senior Fellow at the Hudson …

Why will Egypt have been under a state of emergency for nearly 18 months when the most recent extension ends in October? Emergency State Security Courts are a big reason. Parliament approved on June 22 President’s Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s decree to renew the state of emergency for three months by …

A criminal military court postponed issuing a verdict to eight members of Zamalek Football Club’s fan group the Ultras White Knights on Tuesday. The defendants, who include leading ultras members Sayed Moshagheb and Yasser Bugo, are now set to hear a verdict on July 24, according to lawyer Osama al-Gohary. …

CAIRO – 11 July 2018: NATO will launch a program with Egypt in the coming days to enhance mutual security partnership in the framework of it cooperation with the MENA region regarding political consultations and building military capacity. Sources in Brussels, who spoke under the condition of anonymity, did not …