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Lights Out for Healthcare in Uganda’s West Nile Region
Increased fatalities, patients paying to fuel their own ambulances, cancelled surgical operations, 11km journeys just to sterilize equipment – such are the symptoms of a healthcare crisis in Uganda’s West Nile region caused by weeks of power blackouts,...
Rwandan Power Plant Will be Environmentally Friendly
Rwandan Energy Minister Collette Ruhamya told journalists at the Nile Basin Discourse meeting that the country’s construction of the proposed 90 megawatt Rusumo hydroelectric power plant will be environmentally friendly.
20,000 Flee Blue Nile Clashes
Armed conflict and air raids, blocked humanitarian aid and potential food shortages: conditions for civilians in two states on the border with South Sudan are giving increasing cause for concern.
Ethiopia to Launch $100m World Bank Funded Irrigation Project
Ethiopia has finalized a feasibility study and a detailed design work for a World Bank funded 100,000-hectare irrigation project in its Nile Basin with a $100 million investment, a state official said on Monday. How People Arrived Here: ribb world bank
Ethiopian Government Reveals Elaborate Plan to Build Four Major Dams on the River Nile
The Ethiopian government has revealed an elaborate plan to build four major dams on the River Nile in the intervening years as part of a grand national scheme to export power supply to neighboring countries.
17 People Reported Dead As Bus Plunges Off Ferry Into the Nile
At least 17 people were reported dead after a bus packed on a ferry they were traveling in plunged into the Nile, state television revealed on Friday.
Ethiopia Launches $4b Hydro-power Project on River Nile
Ethiopia has launched a hydro-power project over the River Nile with around $4.7 billion investment. It is the first time that Ethiopia has launched such a large hydro-power project with such huge amount of investment.
Statue Head of Ancient Egyptian King Amenhotep III Discovered
A joint Egyptian-European archaeological expedition has discovered the massive head of a statue of King Amenhotep III, father of King Akhenaten, the pharaoh of monotheism, in his mortuary temple on the west bank of the Nile in the city of Luxor south...
