River Nile

Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed delivers his remarks during the official inauguration ceremony of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in Guba, on September 9, 2025
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Egypt denies report it offered Ethiopia Red Sea access over GERD

An Emirati news report claimed this week that Egypt had offered to help Ethiopia secure sea access in return for flexibility over its use of the Nile's water.

The New Arab Staff
25 February, 2026
US President Donald Trump (R) speaks with Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 21, 2026
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
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Trump vows to relaunch Egypt-Ethiopia talks on dam row

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
22 January, 2026
Sudan
Environment
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Sudan floods devastated schools, camps and hundreds of homes

The New Arab Staff
28 July, 2021
Sunset over the River Nile in Sudan's capital, Khartoum [Getty Images]
Sudan
Environment and Climate
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Sudan's newfound devotion to environmental protection

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Austin Bodetti

09 June, 2021
Sisi
Sudan
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Sisi visits Khartoum for first time since Sudanese revolution

The New Arab Staff
06 March, 2021
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Sudan
MENA
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Ethiopia-Sudan tensions rise amid regional mediation offers

The New Arab Staff
19 February, 2021
Sudan flooding [Getty]
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Sudan declares state of emergency following deadly floods

The New Arab Staff
05 September, 2020
Ethiopia dam celebration
River Nile
MENA
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Ethiopians celebrate progress in building dam on Nile River

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
03 August, 2020
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Sudan
MENA
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40 Sudan Eid massacre corpses 'pulled from River Nile'

The New Arab
05 June, 2019
Nile Egypt
water security
Analysis
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Ethiopia dam plan would 'threaten Egypt's national security'

Al-Araby al-Jadeed
04 May, 2015
oil spill Egypt
River Nile
Analysis
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Death in the Nile

Khaled Abdel Al
23 April, 2015
Dam Ethiopia
Sudan
MENA
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Nile dam plan likely to be scuppered by Sisi

Al-Araby al-Jadeed
22 March, 2015