Ethiopia’s Abiy Ahmed issues warning over Renaissance Dam PM Abiy said his country could ready millions if there is a need to go to war over the dam project opposed by Egypt. Ethiopia‘s prime minister [ More … ]
The Horn of Africa region, home to the countries of Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia, has been of particular importance to the Egyptian leadership throughout the ages since the time of the Pharaohs, through Mohamed [ More … ]
Sudanese foreign minister has cancelled planned trip to Egypt following accusations by President Omar al-Bashir that Egypt is arming rebel groups to topple his government. Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour said in a statement on Sunday,“We [ More … ]
Over the past three days, the 14th round of meetings of the Tripartite National Committee on studying the Renaissance Dam effects on the Nile water share were held in Addis Ababa with a possible failure in negotiations [ More … ]
Sudan will inaugurate next Thursday its mega electricity project of Upper Atbara and Setit Dams complex, east Sudan, which is considered the largest project in the country to generate hydroelectric power with 320 megawatts, expected [ More … ]
South Sudan cannot sacrifice its interests for the sake of others (Ethiopia), says Abraham Chol, a senior South Sudanese official believed to be close to S.S. President Salva Kiir’s family. Abraham Chol, the senior South Sudanese [ More … ]
South Sudan’s President Silva Kiir visits Egypt for three days to hold talks with his Egyptian counterpart and other officials. Silva Kiir meets Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi of Egypt to discuss bilateral relations. During a press conference that was held [ More … ]
After Saudi officials visited the Renaissance Dam in Ethiopia, Egypt’s media launched an attack against the Kingdom which adds up to the already strained tensions in the relations of both countries. Many Egyptian media platforms considered [ More … ]
Days after a prominent Saudi official had visited the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Qatar Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman arrived in Addis Abba in his first visit to Ethiopia since his appointment last January 27. An [ More … ]
Informed media sources said that Ahmed Al-Khatib, the adviser of Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz, has paid a visit to the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam within the framework of his current presence in the Ethiopian capital, [ More … ]
Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia technical teams signed the final contracts for the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) technical studies on Tuesday in Khartoum, reported All Africa. The three states have agreed that the French consultancy [ More … ]
An Ethiopian official unveiled that his country is ready to build its second-largest dam after the “Renaissance Dam”, to generate 2160 megawatts of electric power, according to Al-Watan newspaper, an Egyptian privately-run newspaper. The Ethiopian [ More … ]
Two days after al-Sisi ‘s latest trip to Africa in the light of the twenty-seventh ordinary session of the African summit in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, Ethiopian top official stated clearly that nothing will stop [ More … ]
Al-Sisi’s latest trip to Africa in the light of the twenty-seventh ordinary session of the African summit in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda seems cold, fragile and reflects al-Sisi’s weak diplomacy toward his country’s lebensraum. [ More … ]
The Ethiopian Ambassador in Cairo Mahmoud Dreier said explicitly that Ethiopia will build another dam after the Grand Renaissance Dam is completed. Dreier said -while Speaking on Egypt’s Al- Nahar TV channel- that his country cooperates with [ More … ]
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