Africa Solar Outlook 2025
Africa deployed an additional 2.5 GW of solar in 2024, according to AFSIA‘s new “Africa Solar Outlook 2025” report. AFSIA’s figures, which do not include residential installations, take the continent’s
Egypt
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Egypt says historic Nile River rights not negotiable
Egypt is working alongside other Nile Basin countries to reach a framework on use of river water for all states but will not compromise its historic rights, the country's water minister said on Monday.
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A minor thaw
The 1979 Egypt-Israeli peace deal has not done much for cultural relations between the two countries. Only two books in Hebrew have been translated into Arabic in Egypt. There are now plans for Arabic translations of Israeli writing. The decision comes in the wake of recent criticism of Egypt
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Wayamba: 29.1 percent water wasted - Minister
Almost 29.1 percent of the drinking water supplied to people in the Wayamba province go waste due to negligence. If there is proper water management it would obviate the need to open new water supply schemes in the Province, said Rural Industries and Self Employment Promotion Minister S. B. Nawinna.
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Sustainable development and bioeconomic prosperity in Africa: Bio-fuels and the South African gateway
Africa is taking the lead in creating its own biotechnology agenda, according to researchers based at South Africa's Durban University of Technology and the University of Kwazulu-Natal.
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Study Shows Hidden Birdflu Cases In Cambodia
The H5N1 bird flu virus can infect people without causing noticeable symptoms, but only rarely, according to a report published on Thursday. A survey of more than 600 people in Cambodian villages where two children died from the virus shows seven more were apparently infected, but without having known about it.
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Wary of Swine Flu, Egypt May Quarantine Pilgrims
Egyptians who perform the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia risk being quarantined upon their return to Egypt, the health minister warned Wednesday, driving home the lengths to which Egypt is willing to go to remain free of swine flu.
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Water in the Arab World: management perspectives and innovations
Water in the Arab World
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The future of the Mediterranean: from impacts of climate change to adaptation issues
This report aims to provide a general framework for the implementation of adaptation in the Mediterranean context, based on a number of important clarifications and accompanied by operational recommendations. In the first part the scientific basis of the study will be set, notably from the works of the IPCC.
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Egypt Finds Mud Brick Pharaonic Temple In Sinai
Archaeologists have unearthed four pharaonic temples in the Sinai peninsula, including one of mud brick with fortified walls that served as an important religious center at the eastern gateway to ancient Egypt.
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Do nations go to war over water?
The United Nations warned as recently as last week that climate change harbours the potential for serious conflicts over water. In its World Water Development Report of March 2009, it quotes UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon noting the risk of water scarcity