Egypt and Rwanda agree executive action plan for water management projects
Egypt and Rwanda have signed an executive action plan to activate a bilateral memorandum of understanding on water resources management and irrigation, Egypt’s water ministry said on Saturday. The agreement was finalised during an official visit by Egyptian Water Resources
Egypt reaffirms cooperation with UNESCO on water management, climate adaptation
Egypt’s Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, Hany Sewilam, met with Nouraia Sanz, Regional Director of UNESCO’s Cairo Office, ahead of the end of her term, reaffirming Egypt’s commitment to continued cooperation with the organisation on water management and climate
Egypt, Japan to co-chair environmental track at UN Water Conference 2026
Egypt and Japan have secured the joint chairmanship of the third interactive dialogue track at the United Nations Water Conference 2026, titled “Water for Planet”, Egypt’s Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation said on Saturday. The ministry said the track
Updating Egypt’s agriculture law is urgent amid water scarcity and climate change: Experts
Mohamed El‑Sebaei, former deputy head of the Senate’s Agriculture and Irrigation Committee, said updating Egypt’s Agriculture Law is no longer optional but an urgent necessity imposed by current challenges. Speaking during a workshop reviewing the legislative impact assessment of
Egypt launches drone programme to monitor Nile and boost smart water management
Egypt has launched the first phase of a training programme to deploy drone technology for monitoring the national water system, Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hani Sewilam said in a report on Thursday. The initiative is part of the
Egypt health ministry explores expanded TB screening, water surveillance with Clinilab
Egypt’s Minister of Health Khaled Abdel Ghaffar met a delegation from Clinilab, the authorised commercial partner of Germany’s QIAGEN in Egypt, to discuss strengthening public-health diagnostic and surveillance capacities, with a particular focus on expanding the national programme for tuberculosis
Al-Sisi directs acceleration of New Delta project, expanded land reclamation
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi instructed officials on Monday to speed up work on the New Delta agricultural project and advance new land reclamation initiatives as part of national efforts to strengthen food security, the presidency said. Presidential spokesperson Mohamed
Egypt weighs expanding desalination of agricultural drainage water to bolster food production
Egypt is examining an expansion of desalination for agricultural drainage water to support intensive food production amid mounting water scarcity, Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Hani Sweilem said on Sunday. During a meeting with ministry officials to review the terms
Ministers of electricity, water resources discuss maximising hydropower returns at High Dam
Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mahmoud Esmat held a meeting with Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hani Sewilam at the ministry’s headquarters in the New Administrative Capital to review joint cooperation and strategies to enhance the performance of
Egypt, Netherlands renew water MoU, explore beach nourishment to protect Mediterranean coast
Egypt’s Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Hani Sweilam met with Dutch Ambassador to Cairo Peter Mollema to strengthen bilateral ties in water management, according to a statement from the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation. The discussions highlighted the achievements