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Egypt signs renewable energy agreements worth US$1.8 billion with China and Norway. 2026-01-11
Ethiopia fully launches the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Africa's largest hydroelectric dam, sparking concerns about Nile water security from Egypt and Sudan. 2025-09-9
Eleven workers drown after a microbus falls off a ferry into the Nile River in Giza, Egypt. 2024-05-21
Archaeologists in Egypt display items, including figurines, masks and a mummy, from one of two previously unexplored tombs, Kampp 150 and Kampp 161, in the ancient Nile city of Luxor. 2017-12-9
Five Egyptian embassy staff are kidnapped in the Libyan capital of Tripoli. 2014-01-25
Islamist parties win the first stage of the Egyptian parliamentary election, with the Muslim Brotherhood-aligned Freedom and Justice Party first at 37% of the vote, and the more hardline Salafi Al-Nour Party in second place with 24% of the vote. 2011-12-4
Egyptian police fire teargas at protesters trying to storm the Israeli embassy. 2011-05-15
An Egyptian bus driver shoots and kills six labourers and injures 12 who were travelling on a bus in Cairo. 2010-07-6
Ethiopia, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda sign an agreement to seek more water from the Nile, a move opposed by Egypt and Sudan. Kenya issues a support statement. [http:--news.bbc.co.uk-2-hi-africa-8682387.stm (BBC)] [http:--english.aljazeera.net-news-africa-2010-05-201051412498188812.html (Al Jazeera)] [http:--www.iol.co.za-index.php?from=rss_Science&set_id=1&click_id=31&art_id=nw20100514163441835C508599 (IOL)]date=August 2019 [http:--www.miamiherald.com-2010-05-14-1629403-upriver-nile-countries-sign-compact.html ("The Miami Herald")]date=August 2019 2010-05-14