Egypt says "amazed" by Ethiopia's Nile remarks
23 November, 2010 | By Amena Bakr and Dina Zayed (Reuters)
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* Ethiopia said Egypt would not win a war over Nile
* Nile-dependent Egypt says wants cooperation
* Egypt dismisses charge that backing Ethiopia rebels
Egypt said it was "amazed" by Ethiopia's suggestion on Tuesday that
Cairo might turn to military action in a row over the Nile waters,
saying it did not want confrontation and was not backing rebels there.
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi told Reuters on Tuesday that
Egypt could not win a war with Ethiopia over the River Nile and that
Cairo was supporting rebel groups in an attempt to destabilise the
Horn of Africa nation.
"I'm amazed ... by the language that was used. We are not seeking
war and there will not be war," Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit
told Reuters during a visit to Abu Dhabi....More
23 November, 2010 | By Amena Bakr and Dina Zayed (Reuters)
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* Ethiopia said Egypt would not win a war over Nile
* Nile-dependent Egypt says wants cooperation
* Egypt dismisses charge that backing Ethiopia rebels
Egypt said it was "amazed" by Ethiopia's suggestion on Tuesday that
Cairo might turn to military action in a row over the Nile waters,
saying it did not want confrontation and was not backing rebels there.
- Egypt, Ethiopia and seven
other countries through which
the river passes have been
locked in more than a decade
of contentious talks driven by
anger over the perceived
injustice of a previous Nile
water treaty signed in 1929.
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi told Reuters on Tuesday that
Egypt could not win a war with Ethiopia over the River Nile and that
Cairo was supporting rebel groups in an attempt to destabilise the
Horn of Africa nation.
"I'm amazed ... by the language that was used. We are not seeking
war and there will not be war," Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit
told Reuters during a visit to Abu Dhabi....More
Ethiopia Says It Has Evidence That Egypt
Supported Rebel Movements
25 November, 2010 | By William Davison (Bloomberg)
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Ethiopia has evidence that Egypt recently aided rebel movements in
the country, said the State Minister for Communications, Shimeles
Kemal.
“We have solid evidence that Egypt is giving covert assistance to rebel
groups,” Shimeles said in a phone interview today. “We will disclose
the timing and identify the groups at the right time.”
Ethiopia faces insurgencies in the eastern Ogaden region from the
Ogaden National Liberation Front, and from the Oromo Liberation
Front in Oromia, the largest of its nine federal states. Last month, the
government signed a peace deal with a faction of the ONLF, though
another faction has since claimed attacks. The OLF said yesterday it
had killed 90 soldiers in the past five weeks. Shimeles said the claim
was an “outright lie.”
Ethiopia and Egypt are locked in a dispute over water usage from the
Nile river. Agreements from the colonial era give Egypt the right to
use two-thirds of the water from the river.
To contact the reporter on this story: William Davison in Addis Ababa
via Johannesburg at pmrichardson@bloomberg.net.
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Supported Rebel Movements
25 November, 2010 | By William Davison (Bloomberg)
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Ethiopia has evidence that Egypt recently aided rebel movements in
the country, said the State Minister for Communications, Shimeles
Kemal.
- The allegation of
Egyptian support for
outlawed Ethiopian
groups was first made
by Prime Minister
Meles Zenawi in an
interview with Reuters
on Nov. 23. Egyptian
President Hosni
“We have solid evidence that Egypt is giving covert assistance to rebel
groups,” Shimeles said in a phone interview today. “We will disclose
the timing and identify the groups at the right time.”
Ethiopia faces insurgencies in the eastern Ogaden region from the
Ogaden National Liberation Front, and from the Oromo Liberation
Front in Oromia, the largest of its nine federal states. Last month, the
government signed a peace deal with a faction of the ONLF, though
another faction has since claimed attacks. The OLF said yesterday it
had killed 90 soldiers in the past five weeks. Shimeles said the claim
was an “outright lie.”
Ethiopia and Egypt are locked in a dispute over water usage from the
Nile river. Agreements from the colonial era give Egypt the right to
use two-thirds of the water from the river.
To contact the reporter on this story: William Davison in Addis Ababa
via Johannesburg at pmrichardson@bloomberg.net.
Courtesy
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