The country also relies on the flow of the Nile to fill its own hydro-electric power plant, the Aswan High Dam. Despite ...

Created by the construction of the Aswan High Dam between 1960 and 1970, it is one of the largest man-made lakes in the world ...

The original Aswan Dam was built and completed by the British in 1902 about four miles downstream from where the Aswan High Dam is located today.

In 1970, they completed the Aswan High Dam, which stretches across the Nile 600 miles south of Cairo. The dam has effectively stopped the river's annual floods by trapping its waters in a ...

The Nubian people, historically living along the Nile River in southern Egypt, saw their way of life irrevocably altered when ...

Following the crisis, Israel faced international isolation, with many nations criticizing its role in the conflict.

When the building of the Aswan High Dam in the 1960s flooded the area, UNESCO tried but failed to recover artifacts that were ...

During the filling process, Egypt can compensate for a loss of water by releasing more from the High Aswan Dam, but the concern comes once the Gerd is fully operational. Reuters Sudan and Egypt ...

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The irony is Egypt did in the 1960s exactly what Ethiopia is doing today, when it built the Aswan High Dam. For a revolutionary post-colonial country it was a proud national achievement ...

Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...