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Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Ayah Aman is an Egyptian journalist for Al-Shorouk specializing in Africa and the Nile Basin, Turkey and Iran and Egyptian social issues. On Twitter: @ayahaman

Nile dam negotiations back on track after Trump remarks

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

A general view of the the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), near Guba in Ethiopia, on December 26, 2019. - The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, a 145-metre-high, 1.8-kilometre-long concrete colossus is set to become the largest hydropower plant in Africa.
Across Ethiopia, poor farmers and rich businessmen alike eagerly await the more than 6,000 megawatts of electricity officials say it will ultimately provide.
Yet as thousands of workers toil day and night to finish the project, Ethiopian negotiators

Eritrea shifts course on Egypt-Ethiopia dispute over Nile dam

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Egypt cracks down on Syrian businesses allegedly tied to Brotherhood

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

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Sudan floods muddy Nile dam talks

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

The Emirati, Israeli and US flags sway in the wind at the Abu Dhabi airport on August 31, 2020, in the first-ever commercial flight from Israel to the UAE. - A US-Israeli delegation including White House advisor Jared Kushner took off on a historic first direct commercial flight from Tel Aviv to Abu Dhabi to mark the normalisation of ties between the Jewish state and the UAE. (Photo by Karim SAHIB / AFP) (Photo by KARIM SAHIB/AFP via Getty Images)

Would Egypt support Sudan-Israel normalization deal?

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

South Sudan's Vice President James Wani Igga (L), Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi (C) and Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir attend a meeting in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on March 23, 2015 to sign the agreement of principles on Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance dam project. Egypt agreed to a preliminary deal with Ethiopia on a new dam project that Cairo feared would hamper the flow of the Nile, the river on which it depends. AFP PHOTO / ASHRAF SHAZLY (Photo credit should read ASHRAF SHAZLY/AFP

Egypt, Sudan kick off another round of Nile dam talks

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 22, 2019 boats are pictured along the riverbank and off the water of the Nile river delta's Damietta branch near the estuary into the Mediterranean sea, in the town of Ezbel al-Borg in Egypt's northern Governorate of Damietta, some 265 kilometres north of the Egyptian capital. - The Nile, Egypt's lifeline since Pharaonic days, faces massive strain from pollution, over-use and climate change -- and now the threat of a colossal dam being built far upstream in Ethiop

Addis Ababa rejoices over GERD progress as talks drag on

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

A general view of the Saddle Dam, part of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Ethiopia, near Guba in Ethiopia, on December 26, 2019. - The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, a 145-metre-high, 1.8-kilometre-long concrete colossus is set to become the largest hydropower plant in Africa.
Across Ethiopia, poor farmers and rich businessmen alike eagerly await the more than 6,000 megawatts of electricity officials say it will ultimately provide.
Yet as thousands of workers toil day and night to finish the

Anger flares as Ethiopia announces, denies Nile dam filling has started

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

(FILES) This file photo taken on December 26, 2019 shows a general view of the Blue Nile river as it passes through the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), near Guba in Ethiopia. - The Nile, Egypt's lifeline since Pharaonic days, faces massive strain from pollution, over-use and climate change -- and now the threat of a colossal dam being built far upstream in Ethiopia. When its London-sized reservoir starts to fill this summer, Egypt fears the mega-project will spell an existential threat to its teemin

Eritrea weighs role in Egypt-Ethiopia dispute over Nile dam

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Tensions escalate between Egypt, Ethiopia with no end in sight of Nile dam dispute

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

A view from an airplane window shows buildings around the Nile River in Cairo, Egypt March 10, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany - RC25HF9RMT2R

Will Cairo succeed in stopping Ethiopian control over Nile waters?

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Caution prevails amid anticipated resumption of Nile dam talks

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture