Egypt’s New Democrats Ready to Defend Nile
If Egypt and Sudan join the Nile water partnership, the decisions the basin makes will be difficult, and will require new relationships among those who feed Lake Nasser and those who take from it. In the beginning, Egypt was the Nile. That could now change, as Egypt, Sudan and the countries that supply the Nile’s [...]
More than $1.26 million flowed into Rachel Beckwith’s campaign for clean water after her death from injuries in a car crash on Interstate 90 in July. By Jeff Hodson Seattle Times staff reporter An estimated 55,000 Ethiopians will gain access to clean water and 167,000 will have better sanitation, thanks to money raised on behalf [...]
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By Tesfa-Alem Tekle September 30, 2011 (ADDIS ABABA) – Some 25,000 people have arrived in Ethiopia over the last three weeks to escape fighting between the Sudanese army and rebels in Blue Nile state, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday. “Since 3 September, when the influx into Ethiopia started, an estimated 25,000 refugees [...]
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Another person has been caught at one of the region’s airports after having swallowed dozens of heroin pellets in a drug-smuggling attempt, according to court records.A 61-year-old Nigerian woman was arrested after she flew into Washington Dulles International Airport from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, last week. A criminal complaint filed in federal court in Alexandria says [...]
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