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How hidden details in ancient Egyptian tomb paintings are revealed by chemical imaging

The walls of ancient Egyptian tombs can teach us much about the lives of the pharaohs and their entourages. Tomb paintings showed the deceased and their immediate family members involved in religious activities, the burial itself, or feasting at banquets and hunting in the Nile marshes.

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Egypt and Ethiopia are finally working on a water deal – what that means for other Nile River states

Egypt and Ethiopia have waged a diplomatic war of words over Ethiopia’s massive new dam – the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam – on the Blue Nile, which started filling up in July 2020. The political row has threatened to get out of hand on occasion but now the two countries…

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Evidence of ancient hydraulic engineering discovered along Nile

A 600-mile-long network of stone walls along the Nile served as an ancient water management system.

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920 million people could face conflict over the world's rivers by 2050: what our study found in Africa

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project on the Nile River started operating in February 2022. It reinforced tensions between Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt. The three countries rely most heavily on the Nile’s water. Sudan and Egypt consider the US$4.6 billion dam a threat to vital water supplies. Ethiopia sees it…

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Egyptian President El-Sisi confers PM Narendra Modi with ‘Order of the Nile’ award

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, on June 25, conferred the country’s highest state honour “Order of the Nile” award to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This is the 13th such highest state honour that various countries across the world have conferred upon PM Modi.

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Sudanese fleeing to Egypt face challenges despite deep ties and interwoven histories

The exodus of more than 210,000 people from Sudan to Egypt since the war began in April highlights the deep ties that bind the countries — and Egypt's mixed legacy in Sudan.

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Study finds genomic resources to improve fisheries' climate resilience

Researchers found candidate genes that could help fish tolerate warmer and saltier water have been identified, potentially providing a vital resource to guide breeding programmes in freshwater aquaculture. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Air strikes pound Sudan's capital as conflict enters second month

The Sudanese army carried out air strikes in the north of the capital Khartoum on Monday, attacking its paramilitary rivals around a hospital that witnesses said was damaged in the bombardment.

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Sudan: Death on the Nile and contagion risk

There's blood in the Nile. The mighty river separating Sudan's capital city Khartoum has seen fighting erupt between two rival factions of the army. What could have been a quick internal flash-up between the main military factions, which have tenuously ruled this vast land since the 2021 military coup, has…

Bangkok Post

Waterford man visiting mum in Sudan hailed for risking his life to supply water to neighbourhood

Waleed Saeed, 49, teamed up with about 20 volunteers and drove through rebel-held strongholds in a lorry to reach the Nile

Irish Mirror

Sudan's plunge into chaos has geopolitical implications near and far – including for US strategic goals

The sight of diplomats fleeing Sudan amid chaotic scenes reflects the gravity of the situation, but also the extent of international interest in the strife-torn nation.

The Conversation

Sudan Fighting Hastens Evacuations of Diplomats, Citizens

Foreign governments evacuated diplomats, staff and others trapped in Sudan on Sunday as rival generals battled for a ninth day. Fighting raged in Omdurman, a city across the Nile from Khartoum, residents said, despite a hoped-for cease-fire to coincide with the three-day Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr. More than 420…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Explainer-Sudan's conflict and what worries neighbours, the U.S. and others

A conflict raging in Sudan is rattling neighbouring countries and worrying the United States and others for reasons ranging from concern about shared Nile waters and oil pipelines to the shape of a new government and a new humanitarian crisis in the making.

Reuters

‘You can’t imagine the smell of the dead’: terror comes to Khartoum

Sudanese capital and its twin city across the Nile, Omdurman, have become a deadly battleground

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Asharq Al-Awsat

How Will the Conflict in Sudan Impact Egypt's Stance over GERD?

The fighting between the Sudanese military and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has raised concerns that it may affect the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) file as Ethiopia prepares for its fourth filling of the dam on the Nile River. Observers and experts told Asharq Al-Awsat that the fighting will have…

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Egypt Mobilizes UN Support for its Position on GERD

Cairo is continuing its efforts to garner support from the international community for its position against Addis Ababa's construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Nile. Egypt has been outraged over Ethiopia’s ongoing construction of the dam without reaching a prior agreement from basin countries, including itself…

Tribune News Service

Review: 'Empress of the Nile,' by Lynne Olson

NONFICTION: Lynne Olson's ninth book of history profiles a fiery Egyptologist who led an international campaign.

AFP

Dammed thirsty: the cross-border fight for water

Paris (AFP) - With half the world experiencing water scarcity for at least part of the year, the huge dams being built by some countries to boost their power supplies while their neighbours go parched are a growing source of potential conflict.

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Four Dead in Egypt Train Crash

Four people were killed and 23 injured when a passenger train slammed into the buffers at a station north of Cairo, the Egyptian health ministry said in an update Wednesday. The train went off its tracks as it traveled through the station in the city of Qalyub on its way…

The Conversation

I dug for evidence of the Rosetta Stone's ancient Egyptian rebellion – here's what I found

The Rosetta Stone is not known for its content, but as a lexicon of Egyptian hieroglyphics. The decree inscribed on the stone, however, discusses a violent revolt – largely lost to history – that shaped the trajectory of western civilisation.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Egypt Hopes an ‘African Push’ to Resolve Dam Dispute

Egypt intends to showcase the developments of the dispute with Ethiopia regarding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) during the African Union Summit, which will launch on Saturday in Addis Ababa. Egypt hopes for an "African push" that could break through the stalled negotiations for two years now. Egypt’s Foreign…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Egypt Condemns Ethiopian ‘Procrastination’ in Resolving GERD Crisis

Egypt asserted that it adheres to "restraint" despite Ethiopia's "procrastination" in reaching a legal framework regarding the Grand Ethiopia Renaissance Dam (GERD), announced Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on Sunday. Shoukry accused some upstream countries of attempting to monopolize and control water resources. Egypt fears the GERD would damage its limited…

The Conversation

South Sudan's oil and water give it bargaining power – but will it benefit the people?

South Sudan has long been one of east Africa’s most unstable states. But surging external interest in its resources and the diplomatic agility of its rulers are again underlining how pivotal the country remains to regional energy and water politics.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Egypt Mobilizes Support of Nile Basin Countries to Defend its Water Security

The Egyptian Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, Hany Swailem, began Tuesday a two-day visit to Burundi, the second leg of his foreign tour to the Nile Basin countries. Swailem will hold talks with the Minister of Environment, Agriculture, and Livestock in Burundi, Sanctus Niragira, to enhance cooperation in water…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Egypt, Sudan Seek to Boost Water Cooperation

Egypt and Sudan stressed on Saturday joint cooperation to address water resources and develop the work of the Egyptian-Sudanese Technical Authority for Nile water. Egypt's Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Hani Sweilam met with his Sudanese counterpart Daw Al-Bait Abdul-Rahman in Khartoum. Sweilam hailed the deeply-rooted ties linking Egypt…

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