Tombs of the Pharaohs in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings Could Disappear Within 150 Years

Officials have warned that the tombs of the pharaohs in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings will disappear within 150 to 500 years if they remain open to tourists. According to them, humidity and fungus are eating into the walls of the royal tombs in the huge...

Egypt And Countries on the Nile Basin Celebrate the Day of the Nile

Egypt and all the African countries bordering the Nile River Basin are celebrating the Day of the Nile River. This celebration coincides with the date of the proclamation of the “Nile Basin Initiative,” which combines all the member countries...

Egypt Seeks Agreement for Ethiopia And Sudan to Increase Share of Nile Water

Dr. Mahmoud Abu Zeid, Egyptian Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Sunday said the country was seeking an understanding with Sudan and Egypt to increase its quota of the Nile water by about 11 billion cubic meters a year.

Kenya’s Minister for Water Accuses Egypt of Unfair Use of Nile River

Kenya’s minister for water, Charity Ngilu has accused Egypt of unfair use of the Nile waters to the detriment of the other 10 countries sharing the natural heritage. Speaking to reporters in Nairobi, Ngilu at the weekend, the minister called on...

Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia to Discuss Nile Basin Initiative

Ministers of Water and Irrigation of the eastern Nile basin — Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia – will meet in Cairo in early October to discuss cooperation under the Nile Basin Initiative, Egyptian Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Mahmoud...

Archaeologists Find Tomb of Pharaoh Senusret II

Egyptian archaeologists have found the burial chamber and sarcophagus belonging to Pharaoh Senusret II, who ruled Egypt from around 1897 BC to 1878 BC, the news agency MENA reported on Monday.

Eight Sentenced to Death in Sudan Over Omdurman Rebel Attack

In Sudan, Judge Muntasim Mohamed Saleh sentenced eight men from the rebel group Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) to death and found another not guilty. A 16-year-old defendant was referred to a special juvenile court. The accused were being tried under...

Rescuing Homeowners…And The Economy

Eighty-one percent of Americans believe the United States has “seriously gotten off on the wrong track,” according to a new New York Times/CBS poll. Only 21 percent say the overall economy is good condition, “the lowest such number since...

Not Just a River in Egypt: 77 Percent of Homeowners Believe Their Home Didn’t Lose Value in 2007

Seventy seven percent of U.S. homeowners believe that the value of their home increased or remained the same during 2007, according to a study released Wednesday by real estate information site Zillow.com.