The officials are suspected of "bad management" and negligence, among other offences, a statement from the prosecutor general's office said, adding that seven of them served currently or previously in offices responsible for water resources and dam management. "The mistakes that they made" and their "negligence in the matter of...

The massive $4.2-billion dam built by Ethiopia has stoked tensions with Egypt and Sudan as they fear the dam will severely reduce their share of Nile water. Both nations have repeatedly asked Addis Ababa to stop filling it until an agreement has been reached. The talks are expected to pave...

Nairobi, Kenya - Ethiopia said Saturday that it has begun a second round of negotiations with Egypt and Sudan over a controversial mega-dam built by Addis Ababa on the Nile, the source of long-running tensions between the three nations. Ethiopia this month announced the completion of the fourth and final filling...

ISTANBUL, TURKEY - Turkish divers searched on Sunday for the bodies of three firefighters who died when their helicopter crashed into a water reservoir near the western resort city of Izmir. The helicopter went down while picking up water to douse a forest fire on Saturday night. The team included three...

The battered country, where half a million died in the conflict, has also suffered the impacts of climate change, from searing summer heat to prolonged drought. The flow of the Euphrates -- one of the region's mighty streams, where the world's earliest civilizations flourished -- has been further impacted by...

Iran said it "reserves" the right to take action as a dispute with Afghanistan escalates over an upstream river dam that restricts the flow of water into the country. "Iran reserves its rights to take necessary measures and emphasizes the full responsibility of Afghanistan in this regard," the foreign ministry...

The firm must stand trial to face US$12 billion damages claim

Egypt has warned Ethiopia against the filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) reservoir, saying that it would not tolerate any encroachment on its water rights or threat to its water security.

Tajikistan’s minister of energy and water resources said that his country is engaged in a program that includes construction of 700 megawatts of solar and wind powerhouses.

The Ministry of Energy and Water has said the two dams have so far cost $90 million, and not the $1 billion that has been claimed.

The drop in the water levels of the Sirwan river, which begins in Iran and flows through the Darbandikhan dam and the Diyala to join the Tigris, has been attributed both to low levels of precipitation and the building of more dams in Iran which retain water.

      Egypt fears that plans to fill the Grand Renaissance Dam will allow Ethiopia to control the flow of Africa’s longest river On completion of the dam, which Ethiopia is building, it will serve as Africa’s biggest hydroelectric power plant     In a stern warning to Ethiopia,...

Security Council meeting was requested by Tunisia on behalf of Egypt and Sudan Tunisia has also submitted a draft resolution calling on Ethiopia to cease filling the reservoir Ethiopia has started the second phase of filling the reservoir of its mega-dam on the upper Blue Nile, Egypt and Sudan said,...

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has been a source of conflict between Addis Ababa, Egypt and Sudan since construction began Egypt said the move was "a violation of international laws and norms that regulate projects built on the shared basins of international rivers." Ethiopia says it has started the next...