Ethiopia to Chair Nile Basin InitiativeOctober 13, 2017 - Ethiopia will chair both the Nile Council of Ministers and the Nile Technical Advisory Committee of the Initiative for the next one year, taking over from Uganda. Sileshi Bekele, has become the new chairman of the Nile Council of Ministers replacing Uganda’s Sam Cheptoris. The changes came during the meeting of the 25th Nile Council of Ministers of Water Affairs (Nile-COM) held in Entebbe, Uganda on Thursday. The meeting was attended by Ministers in charge of Water Affairs from Burundi, Sudan and Uganda, while Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzania sent representatives. The next gathering, the 26th Annual Nile Council of Ministers Meeting, is scheduled to take place in Ethiopia in 2018.

Source: Ethiopian News October 13, 2017 19:18 UTC