The irrigation ministers of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan held talks in Cairo on Monday over Ethiopia’s mega-dam project, which Egypt fears could deprive it of life-giving Nile water.

Population growth and increasing consumption rates, with its demand for energy and water, requires resorting to nuclear energy, Minister of Electricity Mohamed Shaker said during the opening of the fifth Arab Forum on the Prospects of Nuclear Power for Electricity Generation and Seawater Desalination, held in Cairo from December 1 …

New research reveals that Alexandria will be threatened by submersion by 2050 as a result of climate change. The number of people stated to be at risk of sumbersion as a result of rising sea levels due to melting glaciers by 2050 has tripled since previous research, the new study …

Egypt said on Saturday that talks with Sudan and Ethiopia over the operation of a $4bn hydropower dam that Ethiopia is building on the Nile have reached a deadlock, and it called for international mediation.

Egypt would be harmed if we could not reach an agreement soon regarding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sameh Shoukry, said during a joint press conference on Sunday with his Kenyan counterpart Monica Goma.

Cairo voiced its unease concerning the prolonged negotiations with Addis Ababa on the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), said Hamdi Louza, Deputy Minister for the African Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement on Thursday.

Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed Abdel Aty said on Saturday that Egypt has handed over its vision regarding the filling of the reservoir of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and its operation during flood and drought times, to Ethiopia and Sudan. 

Egypt submitted a “fair technical” solution for the disagreement between Cairo and Addis Ababa about the under-construction Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), according to a statement by the Egyptian Cabinet on Wednesday.

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.”