Water in Sudan
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EGYPT, 2014/01/06
A conference of ministers in charge of water resources from Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia was held here Saturday to discuss the recommendations of the international committee of experts on the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.
The dam, which Ethiopia is building on the Blue Nile River, has generated much controversy in the region, particularly from Egypt which depends heavily on the waters from the River.
Egypt's Irrigation and Water Resources Minister Mohamed Abdul Mutalab told reporters next the conference that several studies are to be conducted on the expected hazards, particularly the hydrological and environmental effects, of the dam on Egypt and the Sudan.
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EGYPT, 2013/11/06
Irrigation ministers from Sudan, Ethiopia and Egypt rose from their one-day tripartite conference here Monday, agreeing to form a joint mechanism for the implementation of recommendations reached by an international committee of experts on the projected Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.
The Sudanese Water Resources Minister, Osama Abdullah, speaking at the conference, stressed the importance of participants emerging with recommendations that would consolidate cooperation between the three nations.
Dr. Mohamed Abdul Mutalab, the Egyptian Irrigation Minister, noted that it was time to evolve a new strategy for making use of the available opportunity to achieve something beneficial to the next generations.
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BOTSWANA, 2013/04/02
Access to safe and clean drinking water and sanitation is a universal human right and central to human wellbeing and development. From presently on 780 million people still receive drinking water from unimproved sources and 2.5 billion people continue to live without access to improved sanitation facilities. IDS' work on water and sanitation has been looking at what additional needs to be done, particularly through a new set of post 2015 development goals, to ensure that this right is enjoyed by amount.
