Addis Ababa — The government of Ethiopia is intensifying efforts to secure the nation's rightful access to the Abay (Nile) and Red Sea waterways, ensuring its fair and sustainable utilization, ...

“Eee-yew! Spongey!” cries my buddy Tim. “And you have to eat with your fingers? A mess! Why can’t we have a knife and fork like at any other place?” He has just unrolled a section of slightly rubbery ...

Addis Abeba — Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said Ethiopia's Abay River, the Blue Nile, which supplies up to 86% of the Nile's waters, has for centuries carried away not only the country's fertile soil but ...

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Here in the shadow of Mount Gish, the spring water that forms the Blue Nile is believed to have healing powers, but Ethiopians say that is the only benefit they get from the mighty river. “These ...

ADDIS ABABA, March 23, 2004 (Xinhua) — Ethiopia announced Tuesday its plan to construct a hydroelectric power project under the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) while Egypt insists on its huge quota of ...

These waters are sacred, they perform miracles for the sick", Berhanu Melak, an elderly farmer, asserted as he filled a metal trough with water for the throngs of white-cloaked men and women who had ...

A bird flies over the convergence between the White Nile River and Blue Nile River in Khartoum, Sudan, Feb. 17, 2020. Catholic leaders in Africa are calling for dialogue among Ethiopia, Egypt and ...

The Nile River is almost always associated with Egypt. Think back to Herodotus, who called Egypt the "gift of the Nile.” Or to baby Moses, whose river-borne bassinet made it all the way to Pharaoh's ...

“These waters are sacred, they perform miracles for the sick,” Berhanu Melak, an elderly farmer, told AFP as he filled a metal trough with water for the throngs of white-cloaked men and women who have ...

GISH ABAY (Ethiopia) Here in the shadow of Mount Gish, the spring water that forms the Blue Nile is believed to have healing powers, but Ethiopians say that is the only benefit they get from the ...