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Nile Basin ministers agree on development

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    Meeting in Khartoum, Sudan, the Nile Council of Ministers have agreed to cooperate on development projects. The participating ministers approved a number of Nile basin development projects, including projects for irrigation, electricity and the environment, Suna said. Projects to develop research, training and exchange of information on water resources were also approved, Suna said. Nile basin countries include Sudan, Ethiopia, Egypt, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The decision was reached at the end of a meeting held from 28 to 30 March.

    The closing session of the meeting also approved the establishment of projects for the eastern Nile group of countries. These are Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia, with Eritrea participating as an observer, said Suna. Among the projects to be carried out in the eastern Nile area were the establishment of early warning systems and preservation projects. The Nile group scheduled the first meeting of the International Consortium for Cooperation on the Nile (ICCON) - a donor group led by the World Bank - for 26 June in Geneva, local Sudanese and Ethiopian news agencies said.

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