‘Countries on River Nile course must plan together for sustainability’– Museveni
President Yoweri Museveni has said that the countries on the course of the River Nile must plan together for the sustainability of the water of the Nile, Uganda’s NilePost reported yesterday.
“The River Nile is not for sovereignty. It is for common use as an asset. Its sustainability requires strategic discussion and planning by the stakeholders to reinstate the volume of the water by working on the environment and wetlands that are part of the water cycle. The biggest problem affecting the river is environmental degradation,” he said.
Washington, AU step up mediation efforts to resolve Nile dispute
US Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Jeffrey Feltman is beginning an African tour that will take him to Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Sudan from May 4 to May 13.
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A 2017 file picture of US Special Envoy to Horn of Africa Jeffrey Feltman. (AFP)
CAIRO US Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Jeffrey Feltman is beginning an African tour that will take him to Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Sudan from May 4 to May 13, the US Department of State announced on Monday.
Feltman is one of the international brokers of negotiations between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). The talks are mediated by the African Union, the United Nations and the US.
Warming Sudan-South Sudan Ties Yet to Deliver ‘Change on the Ground’, Peacekeeping Chief Tells Security Council, in Briefing on Disputed Abyei Region
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Khartoum, Juba Focused on Political Transition, Regional Dynamics, Says Special Envoy, as Delegates Highlight Rapprochement
The new rapprochement between Sudan and South Sudan has yet to translate into significant improvements on the ground in relation to their dispute over the Abyei region, the head of United Nations peacekeeping told the Security Council during a videoconference briefing today.
Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, said the two countries agreed during a meeting of the Joint Political and Security Mechanism hosted by the Government of Sudan in October 2020 to establish checkpoints, introduce search-and-seize operations, deploy joint military observer teams and accelerate progress on the Joint Border Verification and Monitoring Mechanism, as well as border-relate
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