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The New Arab
February 28, 2018
Egypt fears its share of the river waters may be seriously diminished, but seems incapable of standing in the way of Addis Ababa's project - which has now ... is out, the construction on the Blue Nile of the huge Renaissance dam will be finished, and Ethiopia will be in complete control of the flow of its waters.
AllAfrica.com
February 27, 2018
The Nile is formed by two major tributaries, the White Nile that flows from Lake Victoria to Sudan near the Sudan capital Khartoum where it intersects with the Blue Nile that flows from the Ethiopian highlands, near Lake Tana. Egypt, which mainly relies on the river for its fresh water supply is opposed toÃâà...
International Rivers (blog)
February 27, 2018
World Bank Reneges on Its Promise to Protect Key Biodiversity Site on Uganda's White Nile ... In 2007, the World Bank agreed to finance the building of a dam upstream of Kalagala at the site of the Bujagali Falls, one of the country's most important spiritual sites, over the fierce opposition of Ugandan andÃâà...
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) International
February 16, 2018
Basic medical care is provided in the villages, with serious cases referred to either Malakal hospital - which lies roughly 70km up the White Nile river - or to Aburoc field hospital. Both are run by MSF teams. Isolated villages like Dethok have been spared from much of the violence associated with the war, butÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
February 16, 2018
Kosti — River-based transport between Sudan and South Sudan is set to resume. The government started preparing the river-based means of transport in order to resume trade with South Sudan after a republican decree to open trade with the border countries. Yasin Humeida, the chairman of the NileÃâà...
Daily Sabah
February 15, 2018
Eighty-five percent of the water comes from the Blue Nile, which has its headwaters in Ethiopia, while the remaining 15 percent come from the White Nile from Lake Victoria. Both rivers meet in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum. In April 2011, Ethiopia started building the GRD in the western edge of theÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
December 31, 1999
The cement raw materials available in Sudan had encouraged dam construction companies to launch their own cement plants in the vicinity of the required dam, simply to cut cement transportation cost. The most ... Another big cement factory is Rabak Factory in the White Nile State of central Sudan.
Egypttoday
December 31, 1999
The river has two main tributaries known as the White and Blue Niles. The White Nile is the headstream and the mainstream of the Nile while the Blue Nile supplies most of the waters and silt. The Blue Nile flows from Ethiopia and the White Nile flows from Lake Victoria, Allam said, adding that even one ofÃâà...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
December 31, 1999
Part of the Nile, known as the White Nile, rises in the mountains of Burundi, far south of Egypt in Africa. The Nile eventually pours into the Mediterranean Sea in the north of Egypt. The river has served as the stem of civilizations, dating from thousands of years ago. Its waters are absolutely critical to Egypt,Ãâà...
